A new method to determine the solar cycle length

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1837-1840

  Mursula, K ^a   Ulich, Th ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

CYCLE LENGTH; GLOBAL CLIMATES; LONG-TERM TREND; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR CYCLE LENGTHS; SUNSPOT CYCLES; SUNSPOT NUMBER; TIME-DIFFERENCES;

SOLAR ENERGY; CLIMATOLOGY;

SOLAR CYCLE LENGTHS;

EID: 0032099641     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gl51317     Document Type: Article

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