Possible cosmic ray signatures in clouds?

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Erlykin, A D ^a,b   Parsons, R D ^c   Wolfendale, A W ^b  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350741836     PISSN: 09543899     EISSN: 13616471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/36/11/115202     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Chalmers J A 1949 Atmospheric Electricity (Oxford: Clarendon)
2. Chilbolton radar maps: http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk
3. Erlykin A D, Gyalai G, Kudela K, Sloan T and Wolfendale A W 2009a On the nature of the correlation between cosmic ray intensity and cloud cover Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci., Phys. 73 390
4. Erlykin A D, Sloan T and Wolfendale A W 2009b The search for cosmic ray effects on clouds J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys. 71 955
5. Ermakov V I, Stozhkov Yu I and Svirzhevsky N 2008 Effective cross-sections and ionization rates of the atmosphere by cosmic rays Proc. 21st ESCR (Kosice, Slovakia, 9-12 Sep. 2008) ed P Kiraly, K Kudela, M Stehlik and A W Wolfendale p 112
6. Greisen K 1956 The extensive air showers Progress in Cosmic Ray Physics vol 3 ed J G Wilson (Amsterdam: North Holland) pp 1-142
7. Harrison R G and Ambaum M H P 2008 Enhancement of cloud formation by droplet charging Proc. R. Soc. A 464 2561
8. Heck D, Knapp J, Capdevielle J N, Schatz G and Thouw T 1998 Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe Report FZKA 6019
9. Kazil J, Harrison R G and Lovejoy E R 2008 Tropospheric new particle formation and the role of ions Space Sci. Rev. 137 241
10. Kudryavstev I V and Jungner H 2005 A possible mechanism of the effect of cosmic rays on the formation of cloudiness at low altitudes Geomagn. Aeronomy 45 641
11. Lean J, Rottman G, Harder J and Kopp G 2005 Source contributions to new understanding of global change and solar variability Sol. Phys. 230 27
12. Marsh N and Svensmark H 2000 Low cloud properties influenced by cosmic rays Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 5004
13. Ney E P 1959 Cosmic radiation and the weather Nature 183 451
14. Norris J R 2004 Changes in Near-Global Cloud Cover and Reconstructed Radiation Flux Since 1952 (San Diego, CA: Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
15. Norris J R 2008 private communication (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
16. O'Dowd C D, Lowe J A and Smith M H 2000 The effect of clouds on aerosol growth in the rural atmosphere Atmos. Res. 54 201
17. Pawlowska H, Brenguier J L and Burnet F 2000 Microphysical properties of stratocumulus clouds Atmos. Res. 55 15
18. Rossow W B and Schindler R A 1999 Advances in understanding clouds from ISCCP Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 80 226
19. Rossow W B 2009 private communication
20. Svensmark H and Friis-Christensen E 1997 Variation in cosmic ray flux and global cloud coverage-a missing link in solar-climate relationship J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys. 59 1225
21. Svensmark H 2007 Cosmoclimatology: a new theory emerges News Rev. Astron. Geophys. 48 18
22. Tinsley B A 2008 The global atmospheric circuit and its effect on cloud microphysics Rep. Prog. Phys. 71 066801
23. Von Engel A 1965 Ionized Gases (Oxford: Clarendon)
24. Whiteman D N and Mesfi S H 1999 Cloud liquid water, mean droplet radius and number density measurements using a Raman lidar J. Geophys. Res. 104 (D24) 31 411
25. Wilson C T R 1897 Condensation of water vapour in the presence of dust-free air and other gases Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 189 265