Models of solar irradiance variability and the instrumental temperature record

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1449-1452

  Marcus, Steven L ^a   Ghil, Michael ^b   Ide, Kayo ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SOLAR CYCLE LENGTHS; SOLAR IRRADIANCE VARIABILITY; TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

CLIMATE MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR IRRADIANCE VARIABILITY;

IRRADIANCE; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0033562204     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900269     Document Type: Article

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