The Maunder minimum and the Little Ice Age: an update from recent reconstructions and climate simulations

The Maunder minimum (MM) was a period of extremely low solar activity from approximately AD 1650 to 1715. In the solar physics literature, the MM is sometimes associated with a period of cooler global temperatures, referred to as the Little Ice Age (LIA), and thus taken as compelling evidence of a l...

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Main Authors: Owens Mathew J., Lockwood Mike, Hawkins Ed, Usoskin Ilya, Jones Gareth S., Barnard Luke, Schurer Andrew, Fasullo John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2017034