Atmospheric consequences of cosmic ray variability in the extragalactic shock model: 2. Revised ionization levels and their consequences

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Melott, Adrian L ^a   Atri, Dimitra ^a   Thomas, Brian C ^b   Medvedev, Mikhail V ^a   Wilson, Graham W ^a   Murray, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WASHBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CFC; COSMIC RAY; HEURISTICS; IONIZATION; OZONE; OZONE DEPLETION; PERIODICITY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 77956084908     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003591     Document Type: Article

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