Open AccessVariations of the solar activity and irradiance, and their influence on the flooding of the river Nile
Author(s) -
Mosalam Shaltout,
Mariz Tadros
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v41i3.2722
Subject(s) - solar irradiance , solar constant , environmental science , flood myth , irradiance , sunspot , sunspot number , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , climatology , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , geography , solar cycle , physics , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , quantum mechanics , magnetic field , solar wind
Autocorrelation and power spectra analysis are carried out for different lengths of time series Of the following data:(l) Solar activity (sunspot, faculae and radio flux on 2800 MHz);(2) Irradiance (solar Constant measured at earth's surface and by the artificial satellite (Nimbus- 7); (3) River Nile flood (old water level, maximum flood level, and the difference between the both levels) measured at Cairo.
The results showing remarkable similarity between the power spectra of solar activity, irradiance (solar constant) and river Nile flood.
We conclude that any short or long-term variations in the solar activity lead to similar variations in the solar constant. Also, annual and secular variations of solar activity yield information’s on the suspected annual and secular variations of the river Nile flood.