Thunderstorms' atmospheric electric field effects in the intensity of cosmic ray muons and in neutron monitor data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A5, 2003, Pages

  Dorman, L I ^a,b,c,d,h   Dorman, I V ^e   Iucci, N ^f   Parisi, M ^a,f   Ne'Eman, Y ^a,c,d   Pusti'Nik, L A ^a,c,d,g,h   Signoretti, F ^g,i   Sternlieb, A ^a,c,d,f,h   Villoresi, G ^d,f   Zukerman, I G ^a,c,d,h  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d Israel Space Agency   (Israel)

^e S I VAVILOV INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^f ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g CNR   (Italy)

^h Instito Fisica Spazio Interplanetario CNR ^*  (Israel)

ⁱ INAF   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electric tield; Cosmic ray secondary components; Lightning; Neutron monitor; Particle acceleration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905337290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009533     Document Type: Article

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