Long-term (50 years) measurements of cosmic ray fluxes in the atmosphere

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1124-1137

  Stozhkov, Yu I ^a   Svirzhevsky, N S ^a   Bazilevskaya, G A ^a   Kvashnin, A N ^a   Makhmutov, V S ^a   Svirzhevskaya, A K ^a  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Atmospheric electricity; Cosmic rays; Solar modulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CHARGED PARTICLES; COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; COSMOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GEOMAGNETISM; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MODULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; CHARGED PARTICLE FLUX; COSMIC RAY GENERATION; EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE; GALACTIC COSMIC RAY MODULATIONS; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; SOLAR MODULATION;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 70349845700     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.10.038     Document Type: Article

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