Book contents
- The Changing Flow of Energy through the Climate System
- The Changing Flow of Energy through the Climate System
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Earth and Climate System
- 2 Earth’s Energy Imbalance and Climate Change
- 3 Earth’s Energy Balance
- 4 The Sun–Earth System
- 5 Observations of Temperature, Moisture, Precipitation, and Radiation
- 6 The Climate System
- Flows of Energy
- Glossary
- Acronyms
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
4 - The Sun–Earth System
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 February 2022
Book contents
- The Changing Flow of Energy through the Climate System
- The Changing Flow of Energy through the Climate System
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Earth and Climate System
- 2 Earth’s Energy Imbalance and Climate Change
- 3 Earth’s Energy Balance
- 4 The Sun–Earth System
- 5 Observations of Temperature, Moisture, Precipitation, and Radiation
- 6 The Climate System
- Flows of Energy
- Glossary
- Acronyms
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
Changes in the average net radiation at the top of the atmosphere due to perturbations in the incident solar radiation from the changes internal to the Sun or from changes in the orbit of Earth around the Sun lead to a change in heating, and climate change. There is no doubt about this physically, but the question is how large are these fluctuations?
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- The Changing Flow of Energy Through the Climate System , pp. 34 - 42Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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References and Further Reading
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Kopp, G., 2016: Magnitudes and timescales of Total Solar Irradiance variability. Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate, 6, A30. doi: 10.1051/swsc/2016025.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Loeb, N.G., Wielicki, B.A., Doelling, D.R., et al., 2009: Toward optimal closure of the earth’s top-of-atmosphere radiation budget. Journal of Climate, 22, 748–766. doi: 10.1175/2008jcli2637.1.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Shindell, D. T., Faluvegi, G., and Schmidt, G. A., 2020: Influences of solar forcing at ultraviolet and longer wavelengths on climate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124. doi: 10.1029/2019JD031640.Google Scholar
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