Solar Activity and Earth's Climate

by Rasmus E. Benestad

The main purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to the subject of solar activity and the connection with Earth's climate. It commences with a brief review of the historical progress on the understanding of the solar-terrestrial connection and moves on to an objective scrutiny of the various hypothesis. The text focuses on how knowledge about the solar cycle and Earth's climate is obtained. It includes discussion of observations, methods and the physics involved, with the necessary statistics and analysis also provided, including an examination of empirical relations between sunspots and the Earth's climate. The author reviews plausible physical mechanisms involved in any links between the solar cycle and the Earth's climate, emphasizing the use of established scientific methods for testing hypothesized relationships.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[J.P. · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I mostly got out of this book is hoo boy do a lot of studies on this topic contradict one another and more research is needed. The section on statistical theory was tough as overdone steak as advanced calculus was never my forte. Quadratic equations hie thee hence!