Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- PART I. INTRODUCTION TO THE SUN-CLIMATE CONNECTIONS -- 1.1 The Earth's atmosphere: an introduction -- 1.2 The impact of solar variability on climate -- 1.3 The Sun-Earth connection, on scales from minutes to millennia -- 1.4 The role of the Sun...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Lilensten, Jean (HerausgeberIn), Dudok de Wit, Thierry 1964- (HerausgeberIn), Matthes, Katja 1975- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Les Ulis EDP Sciences [2015]
Schlagworte:	Klimaänderung Sonnenaktivität Climatic changes / Effect of solar activity on Global temperature changes SCIENCE / Environmental Science (see also Chemistry / Environmental)
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Zusammenfassung:	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- PART I. INTRODUCTION TO THE SUN-CLIMATE CONNECTIONS -- 1.1 The Earth's atmosphere: an introduction -- 1.2 The impact of solar variability on climate -- 1.3 The Sun-Earth connection, on scales from minutes to millennia -- 1.4 The role of the Sun in climate change: a brief history -- 1.5 The role of the Sun in climate change: a societal viewpoint -- 1.6 The debate about solar activity and climate change -- References of Part I -- PART II. SOLAR AND SPACE FORCING -- 2.1 Basics of solar and heliospheric modulation -- 2.2 Solar radiative forcing -- 2.3 Variability of solar and galactic cosmic rays -- 2.4 Variability and effects by solar wind -- 2.5 Variations of solar activity -- 2.6 Understanding solar activity -- INFOBOX 2.1 Orbital forcing of glacial - interglacial cycles -- INFOBOX 2.2 Grand minima and maxima of solar activity -- INFOBOX 2.3 A practical guide to solar forcing data -- References of Part II -- PART III. DETECTING SOLAR INFLUENCE ON CLIMATE -- 3.1 Observations on paleoclimatic time scales -- 3.2 Ground-based observations -- 3.3 Satellite observations -- 3.4 Reanalysis data -- 3.5 Uncertainties and unknowns in atmospheric observations: How do they affect the solar signal identification? -- 3.6 Numerical models of atmosphere and ocean -- 3.7 From climate to Earth system models -- 3.8 Uncertainties in the modeling of the solar influence on climate -- 3.9 Detection and attribution: How is the solar signal identified and distinguished from the response to other forcings? -- INFOBOX 3.1 Why are models needed in the first place, and can they be trusted? -- INFOBOX 3.2 Model Equations and how they are solved -- References of Part III -- PART IV. IMPACTS ON THE EARTH SYSTEM -- 4.1 Direct impact of solar irradiance variability -- 4.2 'Top-down' versus 'bottom-up' mechanisms for solar-climate coupling -- 4.3 Interactions of diferent sources of variability -- 4.4 Impact of solar variability on the magnetosphere -- 4.5 Atmospheric ionisation by solar energetic particle precipitation -- 4.6 Impact of energetic particle precipitation on atmospheric chemistry and climate -- 4.7 The impact of cosmic rays on clouds -- 4.8 Impact of solar variability on the global electric circuit -- INFOBOX 4.1 Modeled impact of total solar irradiance (TSI) forcing -- INFOBOX 4.2 Lightning, cosmic rays and energetic particles -- INFOBOX 4.3 The in uence of solar variability on extreme weather -- References of Part IV -- PART V. CONCLUSION -- Conclusions -- References of Part V -- Glossary -- The authors
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (360 p)
ISBN:	9782759818495
DOI:	10.1051/978-2-7598-1849-5