The role of cosmic rays in the Earth's atmospheric processes

Pramana - Journal of Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 153-168

  Siingh, Devendraa ^a,b   Singh, R P ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c VEER KUNWAR SINGH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cloud variation; Cosmic rays; Global electric circuit; Global warming; Ion aerosol; Weather and climate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; CLOUD COVERAGE; CLOUD FORMATION; DATA SETS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; GLOBAL ELECTRIC CIRCUIT; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; SPACE WEATHER PHENOMENA; WEATHER AND CLIMATE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CONTROL; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 76949085599     PISSN: 03044289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12043-010-0017-8     Document Type: Article

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