Recent variability of the solar spectral irradiance and its impact on climate modelling

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3945-3977

  Ermolli, I ^a   Matthes, K ^b   Dudok De Wit, T ^c   Krivova, N A ^d   Tourpali, K ^e   Weber, M ^f   Unruh, Y C ^g   Gray, L ^h   Langematz, U ⁱ   Pilewskie, P ^j   Rozanov, E ^k,l   Schmutz, W ^k   Shapiro, A ^k   Solanki, S K ^d,m   Woods, T N ^j  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^k WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^l Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^m Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84881105497     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-3945-2013     Document Type: Review

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