Volcanic and solar forcing of climate change during the preindustrial era

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4094-4107

  Shindell, Drew T ^a   Schmidt, Gavin A ^a   Miller, Ron L ^b   Mann, Michael E ^c  

^a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^b University of Virginia ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DATA REDUCTION; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; VOLCANOES;

SOLAR FORCING; SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOLAR RADIATION; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

EID: 1542340253     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<4094:VASFOC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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