RESEARCH ARTICLE


Solar Forcing of Changes in Atmospheric Circulation, Earth's Rotation and Climate



Adriano Mazzarella*
Meteorological Observatory, Department of Earth Science, University of Naples Federico II, Largo S. Marcellino 10 80138 Naples, Italy

Article Information


Identifiers and Pagination:

Year: 2008
Volume: 2
First Page: 181
Last Page: 184
Publisher Id: TOASCJ-2-181
DOI: 10.2174/1874282300802010181

Article History:

Received Date: 31/7/2008
Revision Received Date: 22/8/2008
Acceptance Date: 25/8/2008
Electronic publication date: 18/9/2008
Collection year: 2008

© 2008 Adriano Mazzarella.

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* Address correspondence to this author at the Meteorological Observatory, Department of Earth Science, University of Naples Federico II, Largo S. Marcellino 10 80138 Naples, Italy; E-mail: adriano.mazzarella@unina.it


Abstract

Cross analysis of available historical series of solar wind turbulence, atmospheric circulation, Earth’s rotation and sea surface temperature, when smoothed from the secular trend and periods shorter than 23 years, allowed a cascade climatological model to be set up that integrates the Sun-atmosphere-Earth system as a simple unit and ties solar corpuscular output to sea surface temperature through atmospheric circulation and the Earth’s rotation. An increase in solar corpuscular activity causes a deceleration of zonal atmospheric circulation which, like a torque, causes a deceleration of the Earth’s rotation that, in turn, causes a decrease in sea surface temperature. Application of this holistic model allows us to predict a gradual decline in global warming starting from the current decade.

Keywords: aa Index, zonal wind, Earth’s rotation, sea surface temperature.