Peculiarities of cosmic ray modulation in the solar minimum 23/24

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 4164-4174

  Alania, M V ^a,b   Modzelewska, R ^a   Wawrzynczak, A ^a  

^a SIEDLCE UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^b TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

cosmic rays; interplanetary magnetic field; modeling of cosmic ray transport; rigidity dependence of GCR variation; solar activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904601808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JA019500     Document Type: Article

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