Cosmic Rays and Earth

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Cosmic Rays and Earth — A Summary

   1. Cosmic Rays and Earth — A Summary

      • John W. Bieber, Eugenia Eroshenko, Paul Evenson, Erwin O. Flückiger, Reinald Kallenbach

      Pages 1-9

3. The Cosmic Ray Nucleonic Component: The Invention and Scientific Uses of the Neutron Monitor (Keynote Lecture)

   1. The Cosmic Ray Nucleonic Component: The Invention and Scientific Uses of the Neutron Monitor

      • John A. Simpson

      Pages 11-32

4. Cosmic Ray Observations Near Earth

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33

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   2. Solar Energetic Particles

      • James M. Ryan, John A. Lockwood, Hermann Debrunner

      Pages 35-53

   3. Coronal Mass Ejections and Forbush Decreases

      • Hilary V. Cane

      Pages 55-77

   4. Large Scale Modulation: View from the Earth

      • Anatoly Belov

      Pages 79-105

   5. Neutron Monitor Records in Broader Historical Context

      • Jürg Beer

      Pages 107-119

   6. Particle Scattering by Magnetic Fields

      • Wolfgang Dröge

      Pages 121-151

   7. Cosmic Rays in Relation to Space Weather

      • Karel Kudela, Marisa Storini, Mirjam Y. Hofer, Anatoly Belov

      Pages 153-174

   8. Cosmic Rays and Earth’s Climate

      • Henrik Svensmark

      Pages 175-185

   9. Cosmic Ray Implications for Human Health

      • M. A. Shea, D. F. Smart

      Pages 187-205

   10. Muon Observations

       • Marc L. Duldig

       Pages 207-226

5. The Global Neutron Monitor Data Network

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227

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   2. Fifty Years of Cosmic Radiation Data

      • M. A. Shea, D. F. Smart

      Pages 229-262

   3. Integration of Neutron Monitor Data with Spacecraft Observations: A Historical Perspective

      • Frank B. McDonald

      Pages 263-284

   4. Design and Co-Ordination of Multi-Station International Neutron Monitor Networks

      • Harm Moraal, A. Belov, J. M. Clem

      Pages 285-303

   5. Magnetospheric Models and Trajectory Computations

      • D. F. Smart, M. A. Shea, E. O. Flückiger

      Pages 305-333

   6. Neutron Monitor Response Functions

      • John M. Clem, Lev I. Dorman

      Pages 335-359

   7. Neutron Monitor Design Improvements

      • Pieter H. Stoker, Lev I. Dorman, John M. Clem

      Pages 361-380

The year 1998 marked the 50th anniversary of the invention of the neutron monitor, a key research tool in the field of space physics and solar-terrestrial relations. In honor of this occasion a workshop entitled 'Cosmic Rays and Earth' was organized to review the detection of cosmic rays at the surface and in the lower atmosphere of Earth, including the effect that this radiation has on the terrestrial environment. A special focus was the role of neutron monitors in the investigation of this radiation, on the science enabled by the unique dataset of the worldwide network of neutron monitors, and on continuing opportunities to use these data to solve outstanding problems. This book is the principal product of that workshop, integrating the contribu­ tions of all participants. Following a general summary of the workshop prepared by the editors, the volume leads off with a keynote article by Professor John Simpson describing his invention of the neutron monitor in 1948 and the early scientific discoveries made with this instrument.

• Neutron
• atmosphere
• cosmic ray
• earth
• geophysics
• heliosphere
• space weather

`I recommend Cosmic Rays and Earth Strongly.'
The Obervatory, December (2001)

• Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, USA

  J. W. Bieber, P. Evenson

• Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radiowave Propagation (IZMIRAN), Troitsk, Moscow regime, Russia

  E. Eroshenko

• Solar-Terrestrial Research, National Science Foundation, Arlington, USA

  P. Evenson

• Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland

  E. O. Flückiger

• International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland

  R. Kallenbach

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