Relationship of lower-troposphere cloud cover and cosmic rays: An updated perspective

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1057-1060

  Agee, Ernest M ^a   Kiefer, Kandace ^a   Cornett, Emily ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Clouds

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; SOLAR CYCLE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; COSMIC RAYS;

TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; COSMIC RAY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RESEARCH WORK; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84856948216     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00169.1     Document Type: Article

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