Cosmic Rays and Earth – A Summary |
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Authors: | Bieber John W Eroshenko Eugenia Evenson Paul Flückiger Erwin O Kallenbach Reinald |
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Institution: | (1) Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, U.S.A.;(2) Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation (IZMIRAN), Russia;(3) Solar-Terrestrial Research, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, 22230, U.S.A.;(4) Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland;(5) International Space Science Institute, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Cosmic rays provide a diagnostic tool to analyze processes in interplanetary space and at the Sun. Cosmic rays also directly
affect the terrestrial environment and serve as indicators of solar variability and non anthropogenic climatic changes on
Earth at present and in the distant past.
After the invention of the neutron monitor by John A. Simpson in 1948, an international network of cosmic ray detectors developed
in a cooperative effort to examine temporal and spatial variations in our space environment. The resulting datasets represent
the longest continuous, high time resolution series of particle radiation measurement in space science. At present, the neutron
monitor network is complemented by spacecraft instrumentation to study solar-terrestrial correlated phenomena.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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