%0 Journal Article %T Background Solar Irradiance and the Climate of the Earth in the End of the 20th Century %A Maxim Ogurtsov %A Markus Lindholm %A Risto Jalkanen %J Atmospheric and Climate Sciences %P 191-195 %@ 2160-0422 %D 2012 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/acs.2012.22019 %X The possible response of global climate to the changes of background radiation derived from satellite measurement during 1983-2001 is analyzed. Estimation is made by means of one-dimensional energy-balance climatic model. It is shown that the increase of the global surface radiation by 3 W ¡Á m¨C2 through 1983-2001 should result in a corresponding rise of temperature, which exceeds the actual observed values by 0.6?C - 2.0?C. Possible causes of such disagreement are discussed. %K Climate %K Solar Irradiance %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=18825