Observed long-term variations of solar irradiance at the earth's surface

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 111-128

  Ohmura, A ^a,b  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Atmospheric transmission; Climate change; Irradiance; Radiation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMITTANCE; SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 33847255533     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-006-9050-9     Document Type: Article

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