Possibility of Using Spectral Analysis Methods to Predict Some Climatic/Weather Variations in Equatorial Regions

摘要

The Earth's rotational motion makes each equatorial location get direct solar energy by sampling out a continuous stream of energy directed towards it from the Sun. On this basis, we express the solar energy incident upon an arbitrary equatorial location during an arbitrary length of time (>2 days) as the product of a continuous energy function and a continuous sampling function. The energy density spectrum of this product is worked out and its salient features are examined. It is noted that the analytical form of the energy density spectrum predicts periodicities that are in agreement with climatic/weather observations. This agreement indicates that it is possible to predict some climatic/weather variations using the formulated energy density spectrum. (Atomindex citation 16:060358)