Solar arctic-mediated climate variation on multidecadal to centennial timescales: Empirical evidence, mechanistic explanation, and testable consequences

Physical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-184

  Soon, Willie W H ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; Climate variability; Solar Arctic climate connection; Total solar irradiance

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 69249150557     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.30.2.144     Document Type: Article

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