Evaluating sun-climate relationships since the Little Ice Age

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 25-36

  Lean, Judith ^a   Rind, David ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Columbia University and GISS ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LITTLE ICE AGE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033004757     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(98)00113-8     Document Type: Article

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