The effects of solar variability on the Earth's climate

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1802, 2003, Pages 95-111

  Haigh, Joanna D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Radiative forcing; Solar irradiance; Solar ultraviolet radiation; Stratospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141992579     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1111     Document Type: Article

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