caa a22 4500 445814268 CHVBK 20180317145221.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10712-011-9127-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10712-011-9127-1 Solar Activity, Lightning and Climate [Elektronische Daten] [Devendraa Siingh, R. Singh, Ashok Singh, M. Kulkarni, A. Gautam, Abhay Singh] The physics of solar forcing of the climate and long term climate change is summarized, and the role of energetic charged particles (including cosmic rays) on cloud formation and their effect on climate is examined. It is considered that the cosmic ray-cloud cover hypothesis is not supported by presently available data and further investigations (during Forbush decreases and at other times) should be analyzed to further examine the hypothesis. Another player in climate is lightning through the production of NOx; this greenhouse gas, water vapour in the troposphere (and stratosphere) and carbon dioxide influence the global temperature through different processes. The enhancement of aerosol concentrations and their distribution in the troposphere also affect the climate and may result in enhanced lightning activity. Finally, the roles of atmospheric conductivity on the electrical activity of thunderstorms and lightning discharges in relation to climate are discussed. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Solar irradiance nationallicence Galactic cosmic rays nationallicence Thunderstorm/Lightning nationallicence Upper tropospheric water vapour nationallicence Atmospheric chemistry nationallicence Aerosols nationallicence Climate nationallicence Siingh Devendraa Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, 411 008, Pune, India aut Singh R. Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, 211 005, Varanasi, India aut Singh Ashok Physics Department, Lucknow University, 226 007, Lucknow, India aut Kulkarni M. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, 411 008, Pune, India aut Gautam A. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, 411 008, Pune, India aut Singh Abhay Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, 211 005, Varanasi, India aut Surveys in Geophysics Springer Netherlands 32/6(2011-11-01), 659-703 0169-3298 32:6<659 2011 32 10712 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-011-9127-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-011-9127-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Siingh Devendraa Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, 411 008, Pune, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Singh R. Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, 211 005, Varanasi, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Singh Ashok Physics Department, Lucknow University, 226 007, Lucknow, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kulkarni M. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, 411 008, Pune, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gautam A. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, 411 008, Pune, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Singh Abhay Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, 211 005, Varanasi, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Surveys in Geophysics Springer Netherlands 32/6(2011-11-01), 659-703 0169-3298 32:6<659 2011 32 10712 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer