Sunspots Influence on Climatic Variability of Karachi and Rohri

Sunspots Influence on Climatic of Karachi

  • Kanwal Aftab Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan Department of Physics, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan
  • Saifuddin Ahmed Jilani Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan Department of Physics, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52763/PJSIR.PHYS.SCI.64.1.2021.52.58
Keywords: sunspots, precipitation, humidity, temperature, solar cycle

Abstract

The Sun is undoubtedly the most important thrust of the climate system. However, only little is known how variable this force is acting on different time scales ranging from minutes to millennia and how the climate system reacts to changes in this forcing. In the present study possible effect of solar activity on maximum temperature T (max) and minimum temperature T (min), humidity and precipitation have been investigated. The analysis comprises over a period of 2000-2015 that consists of the decreasing phase of solar cycle-23 and the increasing phase of solar cycle-24. To optimize the number of signicant trends, different phases of solar activity have been implemented there to observe the variation in climate of Karachi and Rohri in response of it. These detection and adjustment are carried out using the computer software Statistica and Minitab. Correlation analysis for different seasons of these two regions is performed in this study.

 

 

Published
2021-03-01
Issue
Vol 64 No 1 (2021): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series A: Physical Sciences
Section
Articles