Solar-geomagnetic activity influence on Earth's climate

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1607-1615

  Mufti, S ^a   Shah, G N ^a,b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Geomagnetic activity aa indices; Sea Surface Temperature; Sunspots

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ANNUAL MEAN; CLIMATIC PARAMETERS; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; DATA SETS; EARTH'S CLIMATE; GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITIES; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; LONG TIME SERIES; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; PERIODIC VARIATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR CYCLE; SST ANOMALIES; SUNSPOTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH (PLANET); GEOMAGNETISM; INTERFEROMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79961029738     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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