A probable signal of the 11-year solar cycle in the troposphere of the northern hemisphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2893-2896

  Van Loon, Harry ^a   Shea, Dennis J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR ENERGY; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

11-YEAR SOLAR CYCLE; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; NCEP/NCAR; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; REANALYSIS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE;

SOLAR CYCLE;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOLAR CYCLE; SUNSPOT; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0033568915     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900596     Document Type: Article

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