Natural Disasters and Solar Activity (Based on Chronicles and Annals)
Abstract
The chronicle data on natural phenomena observed in Europe and in Russia from the year 0 to 1600 were analysed. We compared droughts, cold-spells, epidemics, epizootics and famines with solar activity data (sunspots visible to the naked eye). As shown by the analysis, the maximum occurrence of droughts, epidemics and epizootics either coincides with the sunspot maximum or is observed in the growth phase of solar activity. For very cold winters the correlation with solar activity was not so pronounced. As to famines, they do not reveal noticeable correlation with any natural factors.
- Publication:
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Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions
- Pub Date:
- 1998
- DOI:
- 10.1080/10556799808235421
- Bibcode:
- 1998A&AT...17...29D
- Keywords:
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- Chronicle data;
- Climate;
- Cold;
- Drought;
- Famine;
- solar activity