Some aspects of ionization and the cloud cover, cosmic ray correlation problem

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 823-829

  Erlykin, A D ^a,b   Gyalai, G ^c   Kudela, K ^c   Sloan, T ^d   Wolfendale, A W ^b  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Clouds; Cosmic rays; Ionization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CLOUD COVER;

CLOUDS; COSMOLOGY; IONIZATION; RADON;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 67349099085     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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