Detection and attribution of climate change, and understanding solar influence on climate

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 199-211

  Ingram, W J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Detection and attribution; Solar

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARCANE SPECIALISM; GCM SIMULATIONS; SOLAR INFLUENCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 33847303171     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-006-9057-2     Document Type: Article

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