Heliospheric timescale identified in surface atmospheric electricity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Harrison, R G ^a   Marcz F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b GEODETIC AND GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; SOLAR WIND; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

HELIOSPHERIC TIMESCALE; QUASI-PERIODICITY; SURFACE ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE NEUTRON MONITOR DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COSMIC RAY; DATA PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERIODICITY; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 39049106945     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031714     Document Type: Article

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