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- Title
Equatorial solar rotation and its relation to climatic changes.
- Authors
SAKURAI, KUNITOMO
- Abstract
THE equatorial solar rotation speed, estimated from observations made over the past 10 years of the sunspot longitudinal motions over the solar disk, has shown a tendency to increase as relative sunspot numbers decreased. During these years, covering most of solar cycle no. 20 (1965-76), the magnitude of the solar rotation speed averaged annualy showed a good inverse correlation with the annual relative sunspot numbers. I suggest here that this variation of the equatorial solar rotation speed may be responsible for the Earth's present unusual climatic conditions.
- Publication
Nature, 1977, Vol 269, Issue 5627, p401
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/269401a0