Solar Activity, Lightning and Climate

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 659-703

  Siingh, Devendraa ^a   Singh, R P ^b   Singh, Ashok K ^c   Kulkarni, M N ^a   Gautam, A S ^a   Singh, Abhay K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Atmospheric chemistry; Climate; Galactic cosmic rays; Solar irradiance; Thunderstorm Lightning; Upper tropospheric water vapour

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONDUCTIVITY; CLIMATE; CLOUD FORMATION; DIFFERENT PROCESS; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; ENERGETIC CHARGED PARTICLES; FORBUSH DECREASE; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR FORCING; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; UPPER TROPOSPHERIC WATER VAPOUR; WATER VAPOUR;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; THUNDERSTORMS; TROPOSPHERE;

LIGHTNING;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; CLOUD COVER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COSMIC RAY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOLAR ACTIVITY; STRATOSPHERE; THUNDERSTORM; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 80054003488     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-011-9127-1     Document Type: Article

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