Cosmic ray effects on cloud cover and their relevance to climate change

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1681-1686

  Erlykin, A D ^a   Wolfendale, A W ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Climate; Clouds; Cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CLOUD COVER; RAY EFFECTS;

CLOUDS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79961022131     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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