Solar activity-climate relations: A different approach

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1999-2012

  Stauning, P ^a  

^a DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate; Global temperatures; Solar cycle length; Solar variability; Sunspots

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; SOLAR CYCLE LENGTH; SOLAR VARIABILITY; SUNSPOTS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79961028122     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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