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Old 03-September-2007, 06:33 PM
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the fourth would be long term changes in the solar constant. That one should be slowly increasing on a geologic scale if current solar physics is correct.
I haven't heard about this one. Any references I could read?

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I have been wondering about 3 for a couple years. The Earth's field gets banged on quite a bit, so I was wondering if

curl E = -dB/dt would get you some resistive heating in the atmosphere.

I wouldnt think it is a major contributor tho.

We'll see
I haven't come across any reference to the equation (term from Maxwell's Equations?) you reference in regard to climate studies.
This link gives a good description of the study and simulation of Joule heating of the atmosphere.
http://www.pmodwrc.ch/eugene1560/sowa/simul.phtml

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