Detection of solar dimming and brightening effects on Northern Hemisphere river flow

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 796-800

  Gedney, N ^a   Huntingford, C ^b   Weedon, G P ^a   Bellouin, N ^c   Boucher, O ^d   Cox, P M ^e  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; METEOROLOGY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RIVER FLOW; SOLAR RADIATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84907637422     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2263     Document Type: Article

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