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Hoyt Douglas V |
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The role of the sun in climate change / / Douglas V. Hoyt, Kenneth H. Schatten |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997 |
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0-19-756073-3 |
1-280-52781-1 |
9786610527816 |
0-19-535748-5 |
1-4294-1459-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Climatic changes - Effect of solar activity on |
Solar activity |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1997. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-274) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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