Summary
We generalize the theory of sun-climate/weather links and climatic change developed earlier by the author. On the basis of this generalized theory, we show mathematically that key climatic/weather parameters are continuously subjected to determinable amplitude modulations and other variations which may be useful in climatic prediction work. A number of new and known oscillations in climate and atmospheric behaviour in general are deduced from the theory and accounted for in terms of their causative physical processes. Finally we briefly discuss the possibility of applying the theory to the planets Mars and Venus as well as Saturn’s largest satellite Titan.
Riassunto
Si generalizza la teoria dei legami tra sole-clima-tempo atmosferico e il cambiamento climatico sviluppata precedentemente dall’autore. Sulla base di questa teoria generalizata si mostra matematicamente che i parametri chiave climatici-meteorologici sono continuamente soggetti a modulazioni d’ampiezza determinabili e ad altre variazioni che possono essere utili nel lavoro di previsione climatica. Si deducono oscillazioni nuove e note nel comportamento climatico e atmosferico in generale dalla teoria e si spiegano nei termini dei loro processi fisici causativi. Infine si discute brevemente la possibilità di applicare la teoria ai pianeti Marte e Venere nonché al piú grande satellite di Saturno Titano.
Резюме
В этой работе обобщается теория связи «погода-климат-солнде» и изменения климата, развитая автором ранее. На основе это обобщенной теории математически показывается, что ключевые погодно-климатические параметры постоянно подвергаются существенным амплитудным модуляциям и другим изменениям, которые могут быть полезны при предсказаниях климата. Ряд новых и уже известных осцилляций в климате и поведение атмосферы может быть получен из этой теории и объяснен в терминах принах причинных физмческих процессов. В заключение мы вкратце обсуждаем возможность применения этой теории для планет Марса и Венеры, а также для самого большого спутника Сатурна, Титана.
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This is a revised version of an ICTP (Trieste, Italy) Internal Report No. IC/88/155, dated July 1988.
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Njau, E.C. A generalized theory of sun-climate/weather link and climatic change. Il Nuovo Cimento C 12, 597–611 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02508018
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