TY - BOOK ID - 77868998 TI - The role of the sun in climate change AU - Hoyt, Douglas V AU - Schatten, Kenneth H PY - 1997 SN - 0197560733 1280527811 9786610527816 0195357485 1429414596 9781429414593 9781280527814 9780195094145 019509414X 0195094131 019509414X 9780195094138 PB - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Climatic changes KW - Solar activity. KW - Solar radiation KW - Stellar activity KW - Solar activity KW - Effect of solar activity on. KW - Effect of solar activity on KW - Soleil KW - Climat KW - Activité. KW - Changements KW - Effets de l'activité solaire. KW - Meteorology KW - Hydrology KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - Meteorology - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - Hydrology - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - Activité. KW - Effets de l'activité solaire. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77868998 AB - The luminosity of the sun governs the temperature of the planets. And the solar forcing, or driving, of climate, primarily due to changes in solar radiation, is an idea whose history has not been well documented in a book. Recent satellite measurements have shown that solar radiation varies as a function of wavelength - a concept that for the past two centuries scientists have claimed would be proved. Now, with all of the attention being given to global warming, this topic has again become timely. This text reviews the physics of the concept of solar forcing in manageable terms, tracing its history from its beginnings in the early 1800's to its apparent success in the 1920's, to its near demise in the 1950's and its resurrection in recent years. ER -