Summary
A simple theory of short-term climate variations is described. The theory demonstrates the influence of land surface processes in modulating coupled oscillations of atmospheric and surface temperatures and of atmospheric temperature and cloudiness. The fundamental period of the former oscillations is shown to be about five months, whereas the latter oscillation has a period of about one-half month.
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Eine einfache Theorie kurzfristiger Klimaschwankungen wird beschrieben. Diese Theorie deutet den Einfluß von Bodenprozessen über Land auf die Modulation gekoppelter Schwingungen der Luft- und Bodentemperaturen, sowie der Lufttemperaturen und Bewölkung an. Die Grundperiode der ersten dieser beiden Schwingungen beträgt etwa fünf Monate, die der letzten etwa einen halben Monat.
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Tangs, M., Zhong, Q. Self-sustained vertical oscillations in a simple climate system. Arch. Met. Geoph. Biocl., Ser. B 34, 21–37 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02275672
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