An extended solar cycle 23 with deep minimum transition to cycle 24: Assessments and climatic ramifications

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 6110-6114

  Agee, Ernest M ^a   Cornett, Emily ^a   Gleason, Kandace ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate sensitivity; Interdecadal variability; Model evaluation performance; Solar cycle

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; FUTURE CLIMATE; INTERDECADAL VARIABILITY; MODEL PREDICTION; MODEL SIMULATION; POTENTIAL REDUCTION; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR CYCLE; SUNSPOT ACTIVITY; SUNSPOT NUMBER; TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; SOLAR ENERGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR CYCLE; SUNSPOT;

EID: 78650167429     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3831.1     Document Type: Article

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