Chapter 3 - About Possible Analysis of Solar Activity Influence on Terrestrial Processes

Abstract

Several methods of spectral analysis are discussed with emphasis on the different techniques of autoregression analysis. How these methods are worked out with cosmophysical and geophysical parameters is described; for instance, for forecasting of the level of some lakes in Mexico, Russia, and Estonia. Their application to specific climatological and meteorological processes is also discussed; for instance, storminess and glaciations and atmosphere transparency versus cosmophysical phenomena. A substantial part of the chapter is addressed to the connection of solar activity (SA) with meteorological, climatological, human, and economical phenomena: modulation of solar radiation (the solar constant ), as well as its influence on atmospheric transparency, on the cyclicity of precipitations, on surface temperature, on the oceans, specifically on the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and La Nina phenomena, and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). The influence of SA on biological process, what is usually known as heliobiology, is examined and so is the effect on animals. Emphasis is placed on the effect of solar activity and subsequent magnetic storms at the Earth level on human health, particular on cardiovascular diseases. The influence of SA on economical processes is also described, noting the analogy between solar activity cycles and cycles of economical activity, particularly in periods of crisis. Among the main conclusions is that the source of global warming and climatic change is not only of local nature but a substantial contribution comes from outside the Earth.