Correlation of solar irradiance and atmospheric temperature variations derived from spacecraft radiometryLong-term changes in the mean global atmospheric temperature and the total solar irradiance were examined utilizing 1979-1989 spacecraft measurements. Outgoing longwave radiation at the top of the atmosphere was employed to infer global atmospheric temperatures. Evidence was determined that indicates the global temperatures should decline in the 1990-1997 period as the magnitude of the incoming solar irradiance declines with decreasing solar magnetic activity.
Document ID
19930030125
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Lee, Robert B., III (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Bolden, William C. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Gibson, M. A. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Paden, Jack (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Pandey, Dhirendra K. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Thomas, Susan (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Wilson, Robert S. (Science Applications International Corp. Hampton, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1992
Subject Category
Geophysics
Meeting Information
Meeting: Solar Terrestrial Energy Programm Symposium/COSPAR Colloquium, 5th, Johns Hopkins Univ.