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4.2. Factors of climatic variation
Subsections
4.2.1. Internal and external factors of the climate system
4.2.2. Delineation of factors with radiation balance as pivot
4.2.3. Variation of solar luminosity
4.2.4. Variation of insolation due to orbital parameters of the Earth (Milankovitch forcing)
4.2.5. Variation of reflectivity (albedo) of the surface
4.2.6. Variation of greenhouse gas concentration
4.2.7. Variation of clouds and aerosols
4.2.8. Discussions about the cause of glacial cycles
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2003-09-10; 2004-05-10