Latitudinal dependence of low cloud amount on cosmic ray induced ionization

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2004, Pages

  Usoskin, I G ^a   Marsh, N ^b   Kovaltsov, G A ^c   Mursula, K ^d   Gladysheva, O G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TROPOSPHERE;

COSMIC RAY FLUX; INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; TIME EVOLUTION;

COSMIC RAYS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD COVER; COSMIC RAY; IONIZATION;

EID: 5444228665     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019507     Document Type: Article

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