Testing an astronomically based decadal-scale empirical harmonic climate model versus the IPCC (2007) general circulation climate models

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-137

  Scafetta, Nicola ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate models; Planetary motion; Solar variability

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATIC CYCLES; GENERAL CIRCULATION; GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; HARMONIC MODEL; JUPITERS; NATURAL CYCLE; NEGATIVE PHASE; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PLANETARY MOTION; SOLAR VARIABILITY; STILL MISSING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; SOLAR SYSTEM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84861006580     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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