The Open Atmospheric Science Journal

2008, 2 : 181-184
Published online 2008 September 18. DOI: 10.2174/1874282300802010181
Publisher ID: TOASCJ-2-181

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.

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.