A decadal solar effect in the tropics in July-August

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 1767-1778

  van Loon, Harry ^a   Meehl, Gerald A ^b   Arblaster, Julie M ^b  

^a CORA/NWRA ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Solar cycle; Solar response; Stratosphere; Tropical precipitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIATION EFFECTS; RAIN; SUN; TROPOSPHERE;

OUTGOING LONG-WAVE RADIATION (OLR); SOLAR EFFECTS; SOLAR MINIMA; SOLAR OSCILLATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DECADAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOLAR CYCLE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 10144250345     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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