A climate hypothesis describing the solar‐terrestrial system as a frequency domain with specific response characteristics

Abstract

The evidence for and against solar variability influencing weather and climate is beset by conflicting results (e.g., see Goldberg, 1982). This article will examine a new point of departure that is designed to complement simple cause‐and‐effect methodologies. The study is based upon an analogue to contemporary quantum physics.Individual atoms are known to exhibit discrete absorption and emission responses to incoming radiation. John Jacob Balmer's 1885 description of the visible lines in the hydrogen spectrum was soon extended by Lyman and Humphreys to include both the ultraviolet and infrared componems defining the simplest atomic element. In the late 1970's I decided to test a climate concept based upon the known variability of incoming UV radiation and outgoing infrared that also displays a similar discrete frequency response. This response is primarily controlled by the triatomic molecules O3, H20, and CO2 that exist as diabatically important trace gases within earth's atmosphere.