A note on the article "Global sea level pressure and cosmic ray flux" by A. Kessler
When the global precipitation increases the precipitable water decreases and vice versa. Here we study the impact of a harmonic precipitation fluctuation (with zero time mean and constant global evaporation) on the precipitable water; fluctuations of the precipitable water imply fluctuations of glob...
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| description | When the global precipitation increases the precipitable water decreases and vice versa. Here we study the impact of a harmonic precipitation fluctuation (with zero time mean and constant global evaporation) on the precipitable water; fluctuations of the precipitable water imply fluctuations of global surface pressure. The relation between the amplitudes of the forcing and the response is frequency dependent. A global 27 day surface pressure fluctuation with amplitude of 0.1 hPa, as suggested by the IGY data, could be explained by a precipitation fluctuation with the same frequency and an amplitude of about 0.25 mm/day; the precipitation wave would lead the surface pressure wave by about 7 days. These estimates are consistent with, although they do not prove the reality of, the Svensmark hypothesis as discussed by Kessler. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b531711a3a934372b7229aabd413d0b32024-02-08T08:39:56ZengBorntraegerMeteorologische Zeitschrift0941-29482002-12-0111641541710.1127/0941-2948/2002/0011-041550702A note on the article "Global sea level pressure and cosmic ray flux" by A. KesslerMichael HantelWhen the global precipitation increases the precipitable water decreases and vice versa. Here we study the impact of a harmonic precipitation fluctuation (with zero time mean and constant global evaporation) on the precipitable water; fluctuations of the precipitable water imply fluctuations of global surface pressure. The relation between the amplitudes of the forcing and the response is frequency dependent. A global 27 day surface pressure fluctuation with amplitude of 0.1 hPa, as suggested by the IGY data, could be explained by a precipitation fluctuation with the same frequency and an amplitude of about 0.25 mm/day; the precipitation wave would lead the surface pressure wave by about 7 days. These estimates are consistent with, although they do not prove the reality of, the Svensmark hypothesis as discussed by Kessler.http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2002/0011-0415 |
| spellingShingle | Michael Hantel A note on the article "Global sea level pressure and cosmic ray flux" by A. Kessler Meteorologische Zeitschrift |
| title | A note on the article "Global sea level pressure and cosmic ray flux" by A. Kessler |
| title_full | A note on the article "Global sea level pressure and cosmic ray flux" by A. Kessler |
| title_fullStr | A note on the article "Global sea level pressure and cosmic ray flux" by A. Kessler |
| title_full_unstemmed | A note on the article "Global sea level pressure and cosmic ray flux" by A. Kessler |
| title_short | A note on the article "Global sea level pressure and cosmic ray flux" by A. Kessler |
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