Investigation of cosmic ray–cloud connections using MISR

@article{KrissansenTotton2013InvestigationOC,
  title={Investigation of cosmic ray–cloud connections using MISR},
  author={Joshua Krissansen‐Totton and Roger L. Davies},
  journal={Geophysical Research Letters},
  year={2013},
  volume={40},
  pages={5240 - 5245}
}
Numerous empirical studies have analyzed International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project data and reached contradictory conclusions regarding the influence of solar‐modulated galactic cosmic rays on cloud fraction and cloud properties. The Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) instrument on the Terra satellite has been in continuous operation for 13 years and thus provides an independent (and previously unutilized) cloud data set to investigate purported solar‐cloud links. Furthermore… 
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