Regional cosmic ray induced ionization and geomagnetic field changes

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 13, Issue , 2007, Pages 31-35

  Kovaltsov, G A ^a   Usoskin, I G ^b  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GLOBAL CHANGE; IONIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST;

EID: 34548265560     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-13-31-2007     Document Type: Article

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