| Abstract: | Accurate measures of global atmospheric energy balance collected since the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958) show statistically significant relationships to regional monthly growing season discharge in east central France (also North Carolina, Texas, and Yucatan). The relationships are frequently curvilinear. Transfer functions can be calculated to reconstruct prehistoric and historic regional hydrological balance and project future effects. An astronomical climatology model is used to estimate past global energy balance. The projections appear to fit sediment, diatom, and pollen records. General circulation model estimates of greenhouse warming are used to drive future hydrological balance determinations. |
