Solar radiation changes in the United States during the twentieth century: Evidence from sunshine duration measurements

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1503-1512

  Stanhill, Gerald ^a   Cohen, Shabtai ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; RAIN; WAVES;

GLOBAL IRRADIANCE; PYRANOMETERS; SPECTRAL DENSITY; SUNSHINE DURATION (SS);

SOLAR RADIATION;

ANOMALY; ENERGY BALANCE; INSOLATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20544455926     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3354.1     Document Type: Article

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