A new look at possible connections between solar activity, clouds and climate

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 23, 2002, Pages

  Kristjansson J E ^a   Staple, A ^a,c   Kristiansen, J ^a   Kaas, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; COSMOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE WATERS;

CLOUD COVER DATA; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOLAR IRRADIANCES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 0036955464     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015646     Document Type: Article

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