Signatures of solar activity variability in meteorological parameters

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 469-482

  Tsiropoula, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Climate; Earth; Solar terrestrial relations; Sun: Activity; Sun: Fundamental parameters

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0037374595     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00295-X     Document Type: Article

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