Sunspot cycle 24: Smallest cycle in 100 years?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Svalgaard, Leif ^a   Cliver, Edward W ^b   Kamide, Yohsuke ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ECLIPTIC PLANE; POLAR FIELDS; SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS; SUNSPOT CYCLE;

GEOPHYSICS;

CYCLICITY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SUNSPOT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 16344392413     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021664     Document Type: Article

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