The cause-and-effect relationship of solar cycle length and the Northern Hemisphere air surface temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 106, Issue A8, 2001, Pages 15635-15641

  Reichel, Richard ^a   Thejll, Peter ^b   Lassen, Knud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

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EID: 39449086478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001ja900027     Document Type: Article

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