Keywords:
Climatic changes.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (326 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9782759820214
Series Statement:
Hors Collection
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=4900840
DDC:
551.6
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- 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.
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4.2 'Top-down' versus 'bottom-up' mechanisms for solar-climate coupling -- 4.3 Interactions of different 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 influence of solar variability on extreme weather -- References of Part IV -- Part V. Conclusion -- Conclusions -- References of Part V -- Glossary -- The authors.
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