Solar activity and terrestrial climate: An analysis of some purported correlations

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 801-812

  Laut, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cloud cover; Galactic cosmic rays; Global warming; Solar activity; Solar cycle lengths

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; COSMIC RAY; GLOBAL WARMING; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0037971543     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(03)00041-5     Document Type: Article

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