Influence of solar wind on the global electric circuit, and inferred effects on cloud microphysics, temperature, and dynamics in the troposphere

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 231-258

  Tinsley, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION; REVIEW; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

EID: 0034535568     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026775408875     Document Type: Review

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