Solar cycle and the Pacific 'centers of action'

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 293-296

  Christoforou, P ^a   Hameed, S ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SOLAR RADIATION; STORMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET);

SOLAR CYCLE; SUNSPOT CYCLE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SOLAR ENERGY;

ALEUTIAN LOW; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CYCLONE; HAWAIIAN HIGH; HAWAIIAN HIGH ; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SEMI-PERMANENT PRESSURE SYSTEMS; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUNSPOT;

PACIFIC;

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; PRESSURE SYSTEM; SEMI PERMANENTS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR VARIABILITY; STORM TRAJECTORIES; SUNSPOT CYCLES; SUNSPOT NUMBER;

EID: 0031079987     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00017     Document Type: Article

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