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Barometric Co-efficient of Extensive Cosmic Ray Showers

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COUNTER experiments, intended to measure the rate of shower-producing radiation associated with extensive showers at sea-level, have given us an opportunity of measuring the barometric effect of showers up to 20 metres in mean diameter.

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COSYNS, M. Barometric Co-efficient of Extensive Cosmic Ray Showers. Nature 145, 668 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145668a0

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