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Are solar spectral variations a drive for climatic changeThe effects of UV variations on atmospheric ozone content and climate for time scales encompassing the 27-day solar rotation period, the sunspot period, twice the solar magnetic, and also longer time periods are examined. The studies of the relationship between solar UV variations, atmospheric ozone content and atmospheric temperatures were conducted by estimating the impact of such variations on tropospheric temperature. The total luminosity constant is then held and the dependence of the ozone variations on the forcing period is calculated. It is concluded that solar UV variations on time scales of weeks to months occasionally perturb total ozone and stratospheric temperatures by noticeable amounts but result in only minor changes in the troposphere.
Document ID
19800031318
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Pollack, J. R.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Borucki, W. J.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Toon, O. B.
(NASA Ames Research Center Space Sciences Div., Moffett Field, Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
December 6, 1979
Publication Information
Publication: Nature
Volume: 282
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
80A15488
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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