Possible impacts of a future grand solar minimum on climate: Stratospheric and global circulation changes.
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Abstract
A future decline in solar activity would not offset projected global warmingA future decline in solar activity could have larger regional effects in winterTop-down mechanism contributes to Northern Hemisphere regional response.
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This is the final version of the article. It first appeared from Wiley via http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022022
Keywords
grand solar minimum, solar influences on climate, stratosphere‐troposphere coupling
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J Geophys Res Atmos
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2169-897X
2156-2202
2156-2202
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120
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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LJG and ACM were supported by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Climate Directorate. ACM also acknowledges support from the ERC ACCI project no. 267760 and an AXA Postdoctoral Fellowship. SI and AAS were supported by the Joint DECC/Defra Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme (GA01101). LJG and JAA were supported by a grant from the National Environmental Research Council.