Investigation of possible sun-weather relationships

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5673081· OSTI ID:5673081

Businger, S

Statistical correlations between anomalous solar activity (as denoted by large solar flares, active plages, and interplanetary magnetic sector boundaries) and the circulation of the troposphere are reviewed. Two indices (measuring atmospheric vorticity and mean zonal geostrophic flow in the northern hemisphere) are analyzed in an effort to reveal possible sun-weather relationships. The result of this analysis provides no additional statistical evidence for a connection between solar activity and the weather. Finally, physical mechanisms that have been suggested to explain the claimed correlations are discussed.

• Research Organization: Colorado Univ., Boulder (USA). Dept. of Astro-Geophysics; National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: ER-78-S-02-4634
• OSTI ID: 5673081
• Report Number(s): COO-4634-T2; NCAR/CT-49; TRN: 80-002738
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
SOLAR ACTIVITY
WEATHER
CLIMATES
DAILY VARIATIONS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GEOMAGNETIC FIELD
GRAPHS
INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS
MONTHLY VARIATIONS
PLAGES
SOLAR FLARES
STRATOSPHERE
TROPOSPHERE
DATA
DATA FORMS
INFORMATION
MAGNETIC FIELDS
NUMERICAL DATA
VARIATIONS
640104* - Astrophysics & Cosmology- Solar Phenomena