Cosmic ray induced ion production in the atmosphere

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 137, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 149-173

  Bazilevskaya, G A ^a   Usoskin, I G ^b   Fluckiger E O ^c   Harrison, R G ^d   Desorgher, L ^c   Butikofer R ^c   Krainev, M B ^a   Makhmutov, V S ^a   Stozhkov, Y I ^a   Svirzhevskaya, A K ^a   Svirzhevsky, N S ^a   Kovaltsov, G A ^e  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Cosmic rays; Ionisation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERICS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZING RADIATION; IONS;

AND MODELING; ATMOSPHERE; BASIC RESULTS; INDIRECT MEASUREMENTS; ION PRODUCTION; IONISATION; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; SPECIAL EMPHASIS;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 49749126747     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9339-y     Document Type: Article

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