Solar cycle length hypothesis appears to support the IPCC on global warming

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 1719-1728

  Laut, P ^a   Gundermann, J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISH ENERGY AGENCY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Global warming; Greenhouse gases; IPCC; Solar activity; Solar cycle lengths; Sunspot numbers; Upwelling diffusion energy balance model

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CYCLE; SUNSPOT;

EID: 0032451032     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(98)00155-2     Document Type: Article

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