Multi-resolution time series analysis applied to solar irradiance and climate reconstructions

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-201

  Oh, Hee Seok ^a   Ammann, Caspar M ^b   Naveau, Philippe ^c   Nychka, Doug ^b   Otto Bliersner, Bette L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

External forcing; Natural climate variability; Solar cycle length; Sunspot number; Time Scale decomposition; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; SOLAR CYCLE; SUNSPOT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037249184     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00291-2     Document Type: Article

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