Unusual activity of the Sun during recent decades compared to the previous 11,000 years

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7012, 2004, Pages 1084-1087

  Solanki, S K ^a   Usoskin, I G ^b   Kromer, B ^c   Schussler M ^a   Beer, J ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

RADIOCARBON; SOLAR DYNAMO; SOLAR INFLUENCE; SUNSPOT NUMBER;

SUN;

CARBON 14; CARBON; ICE;

CLIMATE FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SUNSPOT;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MAGNETISM; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN; WARMING; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; TIME; TREE;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE; MAGNETICS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 7744241943     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02995     Document Type: Article

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