Impact of galactic cosmic rays on Earth's atmosphere and human health

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 3806-3818

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Climate; Clouds; Cosmic rays; Human health; Space weather

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICAL SOURCES; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD COVERAGE; CLOUD FORMATION; COMPLEX DYNAMICS; DATA SETS; EARTH'S CLIMATE; ELECTRICAL PHENOMENA; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMAN HEALTH; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; LONG TERM; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RAY EFFECTS; SHORT TERM; SHORT TIME SCALE; SPACE WEATHER; SPACE WEATHER PHENOMENA; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TIME-SCALES;

CLIMATE CONTROL; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; GALAXIES; GEOMAGNETISM; HEALTH; SOLAR WIND; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EARTH (PLANET);

ASTROPHYSICS; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; COSMIC RAY; DATA SET; FLOW PATTERN; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH IMPACT; LIGHTNING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOLAR WIND; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIMESCALE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COSMIC RADIATION; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79957699879     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.027     Document Type: Article

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