INFLUENCE OF LUNAR PHASE ON DAILY GLOBAL TEMPERATURES

被引：31

作者：

BALLING, RC

CERVENY, RS

机构：

[1] Office of Climatology, Arizona State University, Tempe

来源：

SCIENCE | 1995年 / 267卷 / 5203期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.267.5203.1481

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

A newly available data set of daily satellite-derived, lower-tropospheric global temperature anomalies provides an opportunity to assess the influence of lunar phase on planetary temperature. These results reveal a statistically significant 0.02 K modulation between new moon and full moon, with the warmest daily global temperatures over a synodic month coincident with the occurrence of the full moon. Spectral analysis of the daily temperature record confirms the presence of a periodicity that matches the lunar synodic (29.53-day) cycle. The precision of the satellite-based daily temperature record allows verification that the moon exerts a discernible influence on the short-term, global temperature record.

引用

页码：1481 / 1483

页数：3

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