Resonant excitation of the quasi-decadal oscillation by the 11-year signal in the Sun's irradiance

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  White, Warren B ^a   Liu, Zengyu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; IRRADIANCE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RESONANCE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 42049104561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC004057     Document Type: Article

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