Solar forcing of the polar atmosphere

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2005, Pages 147-154

  Mayewski, Paul Andrew ^a   Maasch, Kirk A ^a   Yan, Yuping ^a,b   Kang, Shichang ^a,c   Meyerson, Eric A ^a   Sneed, Sharon B ^a   Kaspari, Susan D ^a   Dixon, Daniel A ^a   Osterberg, Erich C ^a   Morgan, Vin I ^d   Van Ommen, Tas ^d   Curran, Mark A J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ICE CORE; SOLAR RADIATION; ZONAL WIND;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 26844562116     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756405781813375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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