The impact of a future solar minimum on climate change projections in the Northern Hemisphere

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Chiodo, G ^a,h   Garcia Herrera R ^a,b   Calvo, N ^a   Vaquero, J M ^c   Anel J A ^d,e   Barriopedro, D ^a,b   Matthes, K ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^h Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change projections; future solar minimum; global models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; SEA ICE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; GLOBAL MODELS; SOLAR MINIMA; SOLAR SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; STATIONARY WAVE PATTERNS; TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ICE COVER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA ICE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR RADIATION; STANDING WAVE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84962311186     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034015     Document Type: Article

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