A new assessment of the mid-1970s abrupt atmospheric temperature change in the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis and associated solar forcing implications

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 443-458

  Powell Jr , Alfred M ^a   Xu, Jianjun ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; IRRADIANCE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79957478621     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0344-1     Document Type: Article

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