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Solar Cycle

Solar Cycle is a recurring period of approximately eleven years in which the Sun undergoes a systematic variation in solar activity, characterized by the rise and decline in sunspot numbers and associated phenomena driven by the reversal of the Sun’s magnetic field.

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Variations in the Earth's Orbit: Pacemaker of the Ice Ages

James D Hays, John Imbrie, N. J. Shackleton · Science · 1976 · 3.8K citations

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Long-Term Variations of Daily Insolation and Quaternary Climatic Changes

AndréL. Berger · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1978 · 2.6K citations

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Time Scales for CA II Emission Decay, Rotational Braking, and Lithium Depletion

A. Skumanich · The Astrophysical Journal · 1972 · 1.9K citations

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The Topology of the Sun's Magnetic Field and the 22-YEAR Cycle.

Horace W. Babcock · The Astrophysical Journal · 1961 · 1.5K citations

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SOLAR INFLUENCES ON CLIMATE

Lesley J. Gray, J. Beer, Marvin A. Geller et al. · Reviews of Geophysics · 2010 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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  1. SK
    S. K. Solanki

    Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany

    72 publications · 7.7K citations

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  2. JL
    J. Lean

    United States Naval Research Laboratory, United States

    61 publications · 9.5K citations

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  3. IU
    Ilya Usoskin

    University of Oulu, Finland

    55 publications · 6.1K citations

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  4. NA
    N. A. Krivova

    Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany

    51 publications · 4.5K citations

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  5. NR
    N. R. Sheeley

    United States Naval Research Laboratory, United States

    34 publications · 3.3K citations

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  1. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    75 h-index

    539 publications

    36.7K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research

    Göttingen, Germany

    69 h-index

    442 publications

    31.1K citations

  3. United States Naval Research Laboratory

    Washington, United States

    67 h-index

    239 publications

    24.7K citations

  4. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    65 h-index

    352 publications

    29.3K citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    60 h-index

    796 publications

    36.9K citations

  6. NSF NCAR High Altitude Observatory

    Boulder, United States

    60 h-index

    303 publications

    20.8K citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    58 h-index

    188 publications

    15.5K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    56 h-index

    481 publications

    29.9K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 707 publications · 48.7K citations

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  2. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 698 publications · 45K citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    308 publications · 23.5K citations

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  4. Solar Physics

    593 publications · 26.3K citations

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  5. Solar Energy

    189 publications · 13.7K citations

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