http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117716301077
Intervening in Earth’s climate system through space-based solar reflectors Advances in Space Research Available online 12 April 2016, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2016.04.007 F.J.T. Salazar, C.R. McInnes, O.C. Winter Several space-based climate engineering methods, including shading the Earth with a particle ring for active cooling, or the use of orbital reflectors to increase the total insolation of Mars for climate warming have been considered to modify planetary climates in a controller manner. In this study, solar reflectors on polar orbits are proposed to intervene in the Earth’s climate system, involving near circular polar orbits normal to the ecliptic plane of the Earth. Similarly, a family of displaced polar orbits (non-Keplerian orbits) are also characterized to mitigate future natural climate variability, producing a modest global temperature increase, again to compensate for possible future cooling. These include deposition of aerosols in the stratosphere from large volcanic events. The two-body problem is considered, taking into account the effects of solar radiation pressure and the Earth’s oblateness perturbation. Keywords Space reflectors, Polar orbits, Non-Keplerian orbits, Earth’s climate system perturbation, Two-Body, Two-Body, Two-Body, Two-Body Problem -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
