Characterization of the 11-year solar signal using a multiple regression analysis of the ERA-40 dataset

A multiple linear regression analysis of the ERA-40 dataset for the period 1979-2001 has been used to study the influence of the 11-yr solar cycle on atmospheric temperature and zonal winds. Volcanic, North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), ENSO, and quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) signatures are also pr...