Possible influence of cosmic rays on climate through thunderstorm clouds

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 476-483

  Dorman, Lev I ^a,b   Dorman, Irena V ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c S I VAVILOV INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electric field; Cosmic rays; Influence on climate; Thunderstorm clouds

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SENSORS; SPACE TELESCOPES; THUNDERSTORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELD; EARTH'S RADIATION BELTS; ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS (EFS); INFLUENCE ON CLIMATE; THUNDERSTORM CLOUDS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 20444457099     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.01.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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