Solar forcing of the semi-annual variation of length-of-day

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

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

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

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR WIND;

COSMIC RAY INTENSITY; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; SOLAR ACTIVITY CYCLES; SOLAR FORCING; SUNSPOT NUMBER; ZONAL WIND;

COSMIC RAYS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; COSMIC RAY; IRRADIANCE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUNSPOT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 77955733603     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043185     Document Type: Article

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