Characterization of the 11-year solar signal using a multiple regression analysis of the ERA-40 dataset

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 996-1015

  Crooks, Simon Anthony ^a   Gray, Lesley J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VOLCANOES; WIND;

MESOSPHERE; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATIONS (QBO); SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR SIGNAL;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CLIMATE FORCING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SOLAR CYCLE; TEMPERATURE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 17744377608     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-3308.1     Document Type: Article

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