Graduation Year

2024

Graduation Month

May

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science – Forestry

School or Department

Forestry and Conservation

Major

Environmental Science and Sustainability

Faculty Mentor Department

Forestry and Conservation, College of

Faculty Mentor

Ashley Ballantyne

Keywords

El Nino, Sunspots, Global Climate, Interannual Variability, Regional Climate, Climate Change

Subject Categories

Atmospheric Sciences | Climate | Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring

Abstract

Sunspots and El Nino affect the interannual variability of temperature on earth. Separately there is a positive relationship between higher sunspots and warmer temperatures or more intense El Nino and warmer temperatures globally and in Missoula. This is with the bias of climate change removed. Putting these two processes together it is expected that when intense El Ninos and high sunspots happen in the same year there will be warmer temperatures. This was not the case, there was no data to support that putting these to processes together makes them more or less intense.

Honors College Research Project

Yes

GLI Capstone Project

no

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