Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1509-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1509-2022
Research article
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01 Jul 2022
Research article |  | 01 Jul 2022

Influence of long-term changes in solar irradiance forcing on the Southern Annular Mode

Nicky M. Wright, Claire E. Krause, Steven J. Phipps, Ghyslaine Boschat, and Nerilie J. Abram

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