The 11-year solar cycle affects the intensity and annularity of the Arctic Oscillation

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1095-1109

  Huth, Radan ^a   Bochníček, Josef ^b   Hejda, Pavel ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b Institute of Geophysics   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

10.7 cm radio flux; Arctic Oscillation; Principal component analysis; Sea level pressure; Solar cycle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ERROR STATISTICS; SAMPLING; SEA LEVEL;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SOLAR CYCLE;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 34249819338     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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