NASA NTRS · 19840031283
Climatic response to a time varying solar constant
Abstract
Recent measurements of the solar constant, theoretical arguments, and climatic measurements combined with signal processing suggest the possibility that the solar constant varies significantly on time scales ranging from billions of years to 11-yr (sunspot) cycles, and even to scales of a few weeks. Simple climate models with a time varying solar constant are examined here, with emphasis on the heat balance models (North et al., 1981). Linear heat balance model results are presented for high (10 cycles/yr) and low (0.1 cycle/yr) frequencies, providing a useful guide in estimating the direct heat response to solar variability.
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North, G. R., Short, D. A., Mengel, J. G.. 1983-01-01. Climatic response to a time varying solar constant. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19840031283
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