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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450921503321

Autore

Hoyt Douglas V

Titolo

The role of the sun in climate change [[electronic resource] /] / Douglas V. Hoyt, Kenneth H. Schatten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

0-19-756073-3

1-280-52781-1

9786610527816

0-19-535748-5

1-4294-1459-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

SchattenKenneth H

Disciplina

551.6

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Effect of solar activity on

Solar activity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-274) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction; I. THE SUN; 2. Observations of the Sun; 3. Variations in Solar Brightness; II. THE CLIMATE; 4. Climate Measurement and Modeling; 5. Temperature; 6. Rainfall; 7. Storms; 8. Biota; 9. Cyclomania; III. THE LONGER TERM SUN/CLIMATE CONNECTION; 10. Solar and Climate Changes; 11. Alternative Climate-Change Theories; 12. Gaia or Athena? The Early Faint-Sun Paradox; 13. Final Thoughts; IV. APPENDICES; 1. Glossaries; 2. Solar and Terrestrial Data; 3. A Technical Discussion of Some Statistical Techniques used in Sun/Climate Studies; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

The luminosity of the sun governs the temperature of the planets. And the solar forcing, or driving, of climate, primarily due to changes in solar 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. This text reviews the physics of the concept of solar



forcing in manageable terms, tracing its history from its beginnings in the early 1800's to its apparent success in the 1920's, to its near demise in the 1950's and its resurrection in recent years.