Quasi-decadal variability in paleoclimate records: Sunspot cycles or intrinsic oscillations?

Paleoceanography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Garric, G ^a   Huber, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Decadal cycles; Ocean atmosphere variability; Paleoclimatology; Sunspot cycles

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EOCENE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; SUNSPOT;

EID: 0346901873     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002PA000869     Document Type: Article

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