On the origin of quasi-periodicity in the atmospheres of Earth, Jupiter, Saturn and the Sun

TL;DR

This paper investigates the link between solar motion and atmospheric quasi-periodicities on Earth and other planets, proposing a harmonic oscillator model responding to solar acceleration impulses as the underlying mechanism.

Contribution

It introduces a novel model connecting solar system dynamics with planetary atmospheric oscillations through harmonic responses to solar acceleration impulses.

Findings

Periodicities in planetary atmospheres match harmonic series based on 39.5-year intervals.

Solar acceleration impulses correlate with climate oscillations like NAO and QBO.

A simple harmonic oscillator model replicates features of the Quasi Biennial Oscillation.

Abstract

This paper explores a possible linkage between solar motion about the solar system center of mass and the quasi-periodicity evident in the pressure and temperature of planet atmospheres. We establish that dominant mid frequency range periodicity in planet atmospheres corresponds closely to the harmonic series 39.5/n = TA/n years where n = 2, 3, 4, etc. We establish that the period TA = 39.5 years is the interval between acceleration impulses experienced by the Sun as it passes close to the solar system center of mass and that the time sequence of impulses generates the spectral harmonic series TA/n that is observed in the periodicity of climate indices like the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Quasi Biennial Oscillation. We develop a model of a simple harmonic oscillator responding to periodic acceleration impulses and show that the response duplicates several features of the Quasi Biennial Oscillation. We conclude that oscillatory phenomena observed in solar activity and in planet atmosphere variability could be due to the response of the various natural oscillatory modes to impulsive Sun acceleration associated with planetary motion.