Changes in Amplitude of the Cosmic-Ray 27-Day Intensity Variation with Solar Activity

Abstract
Both cosmic-ray neutron and ionization-chamber intensity observations reveal that the amplitude of the 27-day recurring intensity variation has been changing over an interval of several years. A method for studying this phenomenon using ionization chamber data for the period 1936-1946 and neutron intensity data for 1951-1953 is described which not only selects preferentially the 27-day variations but also selects the variations which are world wide.