Empirical evidence for a nonlinear effect of galactic cosmic rays on clouds

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 462, Issue 2068, 2006, Pages 1221-1233

  Harrison, R Giles ^a   Stephenson, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity; Solar variability and climate; Solar terrestrial physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746644933     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2005.1628     Document Type: Article

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