Energetic Particle Influence on the Earth’s Atmosphere

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 194, Issue 1-4, 2015, Pages 1-96

  Mironova, Irina A ^a   Aplin, Karen L ^b   Arnold, Frank ^c   Bazilevskaya, Galina A ^d   Harrison, R Giles ^e   Krivolutsky, Alexei A ^f   Nicoll, Keri A ^e   Rozanov, Eugene V ^g   Turunen, Esa ^h   Usoskin, Ilya G ^h  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTRAL AEROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^g ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aerosols and Clouds; Atmospheric Chemistry; Atmospheric Processes; Climate; Energetic Electron Precipitation (EEP); Energetic Particle Precipitation (EPP); Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs); Global Electric Circuit; Ions; Solar Energetic Particles (SEPs); The Earth Atmosphere: Lower Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; IONOSPHERE; IONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; CLIMATE; ENERGETIC ELECTRON PRECIPITATION; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; GLOBAL ELECTRIC CIRCUIT; LOWER THERMOSPHERE; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84948094227     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-015-0185-4     Document Type: Review

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