Solar Variability and Planetary Climates

by Calisesi, Y.; Bonnet, R. m.; Gray, L.; Langen, J.; Lockwood, M.

• ISBN13: 9780387483399
• ISBN10: 038748339X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Variations in solar activity, as revealed by variations in the number of sunspots, have been observed since ancient times. To what extent changes in the solar output may affect planetary climates, though, remains today more than ever a subject of controversy. In 2000, the SSSI volume on Solar Variability and Climate reviewed the to-date understanding of the physics of solar variability and of the associated climate response. The present volume on Solar Variability and Planetary Climates provides an overview of recent advances in this field, with particular focus at the Earth's middle and lower atmosphere. The book structure mirrors that of the ISSI workshop held in Bern in June 2005, the collection of invited workshop contributions and of complementary introductory papers synthesizing the current understanding in key research areas such as middle atmospheric processes, stratosphere-troposphere dynamical coupling, tropospheric aerosols chemistry, solar storm influences, solar variability physics, and terrestrial climate analogues.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 1
Introduction	p. 5
Solar Output Variability
Assessing Solar Variability: Introductory Paper	p. 17
Solar Variability of Possible Relevance for Planetary Climates	p. 25
Measurement of Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance	p. 39
Solar Irradiance Variability Since 1978: Revision of the PMOD Composite during Solar Cycle 21	p. 53
Solar Variability Over the Past Several Millennia	p. 67
Solar and Heliospheric Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays	p. 81
What do Cosmogenic Isotopes Tell us About Past Solar Forcing of Climate?	p. 95
Tropospheric Aerosols, Radiation Budget, and Changes
Observed Long-Term Variations of Solar Irradiance at the Earth's Surface	p. 111
Aerosol Effects on Clouds and Climate	p. 129
Satellite Observations of Natural and Anthropogenic Aerosol Effects on Clouds and Climate	p. 139
Aerosol-Cloud Interactions Control of Earth Radiation and Latent Heat Release Budgets	p. 149
Atmospheric Ion-Induced Aerosol Nucleation	p. 159
Atmospheric Aerosol and Cloud Condensation Nuclei Formation: A Possible Influence of Cosmic Rays?	p. 169
Climate Change: Detection and Attribution
On the Response of the Climate System to Solar Forcing: Introductory Paper	p. 187
Detection and Attribution of Climate Change, and Understanding Solar Influence on Climate	p. 199
The Climate Response to the Astronomical Forcing	p. 213
Regional Response of the Climate System to Solar Forcing: The Role of the Ocean	p. 227
Middle Atmospheric Response to Solar Variability
Discussion of the Solar UV/Planetary Wave Mechanism: Introductory Paper	p. 237
Solar Variation and Stratospheric Response	p. 247
Signature of the 11-Year Cycle in the Upper Atmosphere	p. 261
The Middle Atmospheric Ozone Response to the 11-Year Solar Cycle	p. 273
Influence of the Solar Cycle on the General Circulation of the Stratosphere and Upper Troposphere	p. 287
Multidecadal Signal of Solar Variability in the Upper Troposphere During the 20th Century	p. 305
The Role of Dynamics in Solar Forcing	p. 319
Solar Influences on Dynamical Coupling Between the Stratosphere and Troposphere	p. 331
The Response of the Middle Atmosphere to Solar Cycle Forcing in the Hamburg Model of the Neutral and Ionized Atmosphere	p. 345
A Possible Transfer Mechanism for the 11-Year Solar Cycle to the Lower Stratosphere	p. 357
Recent Space Data
Recent Space Data: Introductory Paper	p. 371
Satellite Measurements of Middle Atmospheric Impacts by Solar Proton Events in Solar Cycle 23	p. 381
Impact of Solar Activity on Stratospheric Ozone and NO2 Observed by GOMOS/ENVISAT	p. 393
The Stratospheric and Mesospheric NOy in the 2002-2004 Polar Winters as Measured by MIPAS/ENVISAT	p. 403
Early Data from Aura and Continuity from Uars and Toms	p. 417
Planetary Science
What Do We Know About the Climate of Terrestrial Planets? Introductory Paper	p. 431
Solar Variability and Climate Impact on Terrestrial Planets	p. 435
Climate Variability on Venus and Titan	p. 445
The Orbital Forcing of Climate Changes on Mars	p. 457
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