Transient solar influence on terrestrial temperature fluctuations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-162

  Lawrence, J K ^a   Ruzmaikin, A A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLAR ENERGY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

SOLAR ACTIVITY; TERRESTRIAL TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EARTH'S TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; PERIODIC SIGNAL; SIMPLE MODELING; SOLAR INFLUENCE; STOCHASTIC RESONANCES; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; TRANSIENT CORRELATIONS;

EID: 0031676690     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03568     Document Type: Article

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