COMMENTARY TO J.J. SMULSKY ARTICLE «A NEW THEORY OF CHANGE
IN THE INSOLATION OF THE EARTH OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS
AGAINST MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES»

© 2020 V.M. Fedorov

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Geographical Faculty, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: fedorov.msu@mail.ru

Abstract. The paper analyzes the insolation calculations performed on the basis of solving the two-body problem. The errors associated with simplifying the calculation algorithm of insolation and not taking into account (at the same time) the attraction of the planets of the Solar system and their satellites in the calculations of the Earth's irradiation are shown. The inconsistency of using the equivalent latitude method in paleoclimatology is shown. Evidence is given for the need to account for changes in the meridional gradient of insolation, which regulates the meridional transfer of heat from the equator to the polar regions in paleoclimatology and paleogeography.

Keywords: astronomical climate theory, tilt of the rotation axis, stability of the Solar system, equivalent latitudes, insolation, meridional gradient of insolation, meridional heat transfer, method of actualism.

About the author

FEDOROV Valery Mikhailovich – Lomonosov Moscow State University, Geographical Faculty. Russia, 119991, Moscow, Leninsky gory, 1. E-mail: fedorov.msu@mail.ru

Cite this article as: Fedorov V.M. Commentary to J.J. Smulsky article « A new theory of change in the insolation of the Earth over millions of years against marine isotope stages», Geofizicheskie Protsessy i Biosfera (Geophysical Processes and Biosphere), 2020, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 122–129 (in Russian). https://doi.org/10.21455/gpb2020.1-8

English version: Izvestiya, Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics, 2020, vol. 56, iss. 7. ISSN: 0001-4338 (Print), 1555-628X (Online). https://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/11485