Correlation between clouds at different altitudes and solar activity: Fact or Artifact?

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2164-2172

  Usoskin, I G ^a   Voiculescu, M ^b   Kovaltsov, G A ^c   Mursula, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Climate; Cloud cover; Cosmic ray induced ionization; Cosmic rays; Solar terrestrial relations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

CLOUD COVER; COSMIC RAY-INDUCED IONIZATION;

COSMIC RAYS;

CLOUD COVER; CORRELATION; COSMIC RAY; IONIZATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 33751188924     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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