The Role of the Sun in Climate Change
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 8 May 1997
- ISBN 9780195094138
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 241x159x18 mm
- Weight 523 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 8 halftones, 115 line drawings 0
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Short description:
This book will review the physics of the concept of solar forcing, or driving, of climate change in manageable terms, tracing its history from its beginnings in the early 1800s to a resurgence of interest in the idea in recent years. Emphasis will be on solar variation as a driver for climate change; other mechanisms will be treated briefly.
MoreLong description:
The luminosity of the sun governs the temperature of the planets. And the solar forcing, or driving, of climate, primarily due to changes insolar radiation, is an idea whose history has not been well documented in a book. Recent satellite measurements have shown that solar radiation varies as a function of wavelength - a concept that for the past two centuries scientists have claimed would be proved. Now, with all of the attention being given to global warming, this topic has again become timely.
The book will review the physics of the concept of solar forcing in manageable terms, tracing its history from its beginnings in the early 1800s toits apparent success in the 1920s, to its near demise in the 1950s and its resurrection in recent years. Emphasis will be on solar variation as a driver for climate change, with only a brief discussion of other mechanisms - thus assuring the book a clear focus.
The authors review many historical studies of the Sun's influence on climate. A successful blend of astronomical and climate studies with modern scientific and statistical analysis.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part I: The Sun
Observations of the Sun
Variations in Solar Brightness
Part II: The Climate
Climate Measurement and Modeling
Temperature
Rainfall
Storms
Biota
Cyclomania
Part III: The Longer Term Sun/Climate Connection
Solar and Climate Changes
Alternative Climate-Change Theories
Gaia or Athena? The Early Faint-Sun Paradox
Final Thoughts
Part IV: Appendices
Glossaries
Solar and Terrestrial Data
A Technical Discussion of Some Statistical Techniques Used in Sun/Climate Studies
Bibliography of Papers on the Sun/Climate Connection
