Galactic cosmic ray and El Niño-Southern Oscillation trends in International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project D2 low-cloud properties

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Marsh, Nigel ^a   Svensmark, Henrik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Cosmic rays and clouds; ENSO and clouds; Low clouds; Solar influence on climate; Solar variability

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COSMIC RAY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0347899468     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001264     Document Type: Article

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