Role of the Sun in Climate Change

Informationen zum Autor Douglas V. Hoyt was a Senior Scientist at the Hughes/STX Corporation. Kenneth H. Schatten is the Program Director for Solar Terrestrial Research at the National Science Foundation. Klappentext The luminosity of the sun governs the temperatures of the planets. Yet the solar forcing, or driving, of climate, primarily due to changes in solar radiation, has never been well documented. Recent satellite measurements have shown that solar radiation varies as a function of time and wavelength, a concept that has been hypothesized for the past two centuries and has recently become a major topic with all the attention paid to global warming. This book reviews the physics of the concept of solar forcing, from its beginnings in the early 1800's and apparent success in the 1870's, to its near demise in the 1950's and recent resurgence. Since its emphasis is on solar variations as a driver for climate change, with only a brief discussion of other mechanisms, the book will be of most interest to students in climate studies. This book reviews 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 is on solar variation as a driver for climate change; other mechanisms are treated briefly.

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• Authors: Douglas V. Hoyt, Douglas V. Shatten Hoyt, Hoyt Douglas V., Kenneth H. Schatten, Kenneth H. Shatten, Kenneth H. (Program Director of the Solar Terrestrial Research Shatten, Shatten Kenneth H.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1996
• EAN: 9780195094145
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509414-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Meteorology & climatology, Meteorology and climatology, Solar system: the Sun & planets, Solar system: the Sun and planets, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy