Rhodes Fairbridge and the idea that the solar system regulates the earth's climate

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 50, 2007, Pages 955-958

  MacKey, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Barycentre; Climate change; Drought; Global warming; IPCC; Meteorology; N body problem; Non stationary; Nonlinear; Solar inertial motion; Sunspot cycle

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EID: 77954955550     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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