Role of centennial geomagnetic changes in local atmospheric ionization

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Ososkin, Ilya G ^a   Korte, M ^b   Kovaltsov, G A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; GEOMAGNETISM; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

GEOMAGNETIC CHANGES; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR SIGNAL; SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL RELATION; TROPOSPHERIC IONIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION;

COSMIC RAY; IONIZATION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 43549124144     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033040     Document Type: Article

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