A GCM study of climate change in response to the 11-year solar cycle

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 555, 1999, Pages 871-892

  Haigh, Joanna D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General circulation model; Irradiance changes; Ozone changes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OZONE; SOLAR CYCLE;

EID: 0032792782     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55505     Document Type: Article

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