Solar cycle signals in the pacific and the issue of timings

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1446-1451

  Roy, Indrani ^a   Haigh, Joanna D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate change; ENSO; Sea surface temperature; Solar cycle

Indexed keywords

ALEUTIAN LOW; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ENSO; POSITIVE SIGNALS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR CYCLE SIGNAL; SOLAR SIGNALS; SUNSPOT NUMBER; TIME-SCALES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR CYCLE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84861468448     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0277.1     Document Type: Article

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