The cloud chamber and CTR Wilson's legacy to atmospheric science

Weather

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 276-279

  Harrison, Giles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cosmic rays; global circuit; ionisation; lightning

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; COSMIC RAY; IONIZATION; LIGHTNING;

EID: 80053181544     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.830     Document Type: Article

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