Effect of solar variations on particle formation and cloud condensation nuclei

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Yu, Fangqun ^a   Luo, Gan ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

cloud condensation nuclei; effect of temperature change; galactic cosmic ray; ionmediated nucleation; particle formation; solar cycle; solar variations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CONDENSATION; COSMIC RAYS; GALAXIES; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; NUCLEATION; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR VARIATIONS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; COSMIC RAY; IONIZATION; MAGNITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84928096609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/4/045004     Document Type: Article

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