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A history and test of planetary weather forecasting.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A history and test of planetary weather forecasting./
Author:	Scofield, Bruce.
Description:	248 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-08, Section: B, page: 4716.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International71-08B.
Subject:	Climate Change. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3409844
ISBN:	9781124075839

A history and test of planetary weather forecasting.
Scofield, Bruce.

A history and test of planetary weather forecasting. - 248 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 71-08, Section: B, page: 4716.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2010.

A unique methodology for forecasting weather based on geocentric planetary alignments originated in ancient Mesopotamia. The method, called astrometeorology, was further developed by Greek, Arab, and Renaissance scientists including Ptolemy, Al-Kindi, Tycho Brahe and Joannes Kepler. A major 17th century effort to test the method in a Baconian fashion was made by John Goad. Building on the ideas of Kepler and Goad, I test an isolated component of the method, specifically a correlation between geocentric Sun-Saturn alignments and cold temperatures, using modern daily temperature data from New England, Central England, Prague and other locations. My hypothesis states there is a correlation, shown in daily temperature records, between cooling trends in specific regions and the geocentric alignments of the Sun and the planet Saturn. The hypothesis is supported by a number of tests that show lower temperatures on days when Sun-Saturn alignments occur, especially when near the equinoxes. The astronomy of this positioning suggests that tidal forces on the atmosphere may be part of a mechanism that would explain the apparent effect. The abandonment of planetary weather forecasting by the intellectual elite in 16th and 17th century Europe is next organized as a history and discussion. In the final section, applications of the methodology to climate cycles is explored, particularly in regard to a 1536-year recurring cycle of outer planets and a cycle of similar length found in climate records. In addition, an account of biological processes that are structured around astronomical cycles is presented.

ISBN: 9781124075839Subjects--Topical Terms:

894284
Climate Change.

A history and test of planetary weather forecasting.
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