Possible satellite perspective effects on the reported correlations between solar activity and clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Palle E ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; COSMIC RAYS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND EFFECTS;

CLOUD LAYERS; CORRELATIONS; LOW CLOUD COVER; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 17744400493     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021167     Document Type: Article

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