Northern Hemisphere patterns of phase coherence between solar/geomagnetic activity and NCEP/NCAR and ERA40 near-surface air temperature in period 7-8 years oscillatory modes

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-260

  Palus M ^a   Novotna D ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOMAGNETISM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SUNSPOT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 79953730330     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-18-251-2011     Document Type: Article

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