On the correlation between cosmic ray intensity and cloud cover

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 1794-1806

  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 EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Climate; Clouds; Cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ANTICORRELATION; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; CLOUD COVER; COSMIC RAY INTENSITY; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; JOINT ANALYSIS; LONG-TERM CORRELATIONS; LOW CLOUD COVER; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

CLOUDS; COSMIC RAYS; SOLAR ENERGY;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 71749103629     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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