The "little ice age": northern hemisphere average observations and model calculations.
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Numerical energy balance climate model calculations of the average surface temperature of the Northern Hemisphere for the past 400 years are compared with a new reconstruction of the past climate. Forcing with volcanic dust produces the best simulation, whereas expressing the solar constant as a function of the envelope of the sunspot number gives very poor results.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 206 4425 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1979