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Solar Activity and Earth's Climate (Springer Praxis Books / Environmental Sciences)

By Rasmus E. Benestad

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2010
ISBN
3642067905, 9783642067907
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6434090 bytes)
Series
Springer Praxis Books / Environmental Sciences
Edition
2nd ed.
Pages
349\349
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
Науки о Земле;Метеорология и климатология;Физико-х

Description

The main purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to the subject of solar activity and the connection with Earth's climate. It commences with a brief review of the historical progress on the understanding of the solar-terrestrial connection and moves on to an objective scrutiny of the various hypothesis. The text focuses on how knowledge about the solar cycle and Earth's climate is obtained. It includes discussion of observations, methods and the physics involved, with the necessary statistics and analysis also provided, including an examination of empirical relations between sunspots and the Earth's climate. The author reviews plausible physical mechanisms involved in any links between the solar cycle and the Earth's climate, emphasizing the use of established scientific methods for testing hypothesized relationships.

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