Variation of solar activity from the Spoerer to the Maunder minima indicated by radiocarbon content in tree-rings

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1060-1063

  Miyahara, Hiroko ^a   Masuda, Kimiaki ^a   Nagaya, Kentaro ^a   Kuwana, Kousuke ^a   Muraki, Yasushi ^a   Nakamura, Toshio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cosmic rays; Maunder minimum; Radiocarbon; Solar cycle; Space climate

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DATA ACQUISITION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SUN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MAUNDER MINIMUM; RADIOCARBON; SOLAR CYCLE; SPACE CLIMATE;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 34548726784     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.12.044     Document Type: Article

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