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哈雷之风:百年信风理论再评价

Halley's Wind: Reappraising a Centuries Old Theory for the Trade Winds

Kristopher B. Karnauskas

摘要:

埃德蒙·哈雷(Edmond Halley,1656-1742)在哥白尼革命后半期的天文学工作为日心说的科学证明和广泛接受做出了重大贡献。也许最著名的例子是他对以他的名字命名的彗星回归的预测。哈雷也因在1686年对地球大气环流的错误描述而闻名,特别是热带地区东风信风的原因。根据最新的数据和模型,哈雷提出的解释的“错误”的概念被重新考虑时,投在流行的宇宙学模型的环境。哈雷机制的关键成分是气候系统的热惯性,这一点在当时被哈雷和他的同时代人低估了。一些作者认为,哈雷关于大气环流的观点是第一个“超越托勒密气候观”的观点。具有讽刺意味的是,哈雷的解释基本上是正确的,但只是在托勒密(地心)宇宙中。

英文摘要:

The astronomical work of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) during the latter half of the Copernican Revolution contributed substantially to the scientific proof and widespread acceptance of heliocentrism. Perhaps the most well-known example is his prediction of the return of the comet named in his honor. Halley is also known for offering an incorrect account of Earth's atmospheric general circulation in 1686, specifically the cause of the easterly trade winds in the tropics. In light of updated data and models, the notion of the 'wrongness' of Halley's proposed explanation is reconsidered when cast within the milieu of the prevailing cosmological model. The key ingredient to Halley's mechanism, underappreciated at the time by Halley and his contemporaries, is the thermal inertia of the climate system. It has been suggested by some authors that Halley's ideas on atmospheric circulation were the first to "go beyond the Ptolemaic view of climate." Ironically, Halley's explanation was essentially correct, but only in a Ptolemaic (geocentric) universe.

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