Is it possible to find a solar signature in the current climatic warming?

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 41-45

  Rozelot, J P ^a,b   Lefebvre, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Earth temperature; Solar activity; Solar irradiance; Space weather; Sun

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLIMATIC WARMING; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR IRRADIANCE; SOLAR SIGNATURE; SPACE WEATHER;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; IRRADIANCE; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

EID: 33747607301     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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