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Cosmic Radiation and the Weather

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THE purpose of this communication is to point out the existence of a large tropospheric and stratospheric effect produced by the solar-cycle modulation of cosmic rays. Since there is some evidence for solar-cycle correlations in the weather, the phenomena described here should be considered in attempts to understand climatological effects of solar-cycle period.

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NEY, E. Cosmic Radiation and the Weather. Nature 183, 451–452 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183451a0

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