Trends in sunspots and North Atlantic sea level pressure

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Van Loon, Harry ^a,b   Brown, Jeremiah ^a   Milliff, Ralph F ^a  

^a Colorado Research Associates Division NorthWest Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR ENERGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE RESEARCH; LONG-TERM TREND; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION INDICES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; QUASI-STATIONARY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SUNSPOT NUMBER;

SEA LEVEL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BAROCLINIC MODE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SUNSPOT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84859922142     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017502     Document Type: Article

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