Evidence for a solar signature in 20th-century temperature data from the USA and Europe

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 340, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 421-430

  Le Mouël, Jean Louis ^a   Courtillot, Vincent ^a   Blanter, Elena ^a   Shnirman, Mikhail ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

20th century temperature data (USA, Europe, Australia); Disturbances; Geomagnetic field; Mean squared interannual variations; Solar forcing; Solar indices

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DISTURBANCE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SUNSPOT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47749104078     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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