SOLAR VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE
HAS THE EARTH WARMED? Climatic Research Unit, UK
HAS THE EARTH WARMED?
MANKIND - EARTH CO 2
SUN - EARTH Mathew (5)
SUN - EARTH The solar open magnetic field, solar wind and energetic particles affect the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere
SUN - EARTH Correlations between solar activity and climate indicators Cycle length NH temperature Friis-Christensen & Lassen (1994)
SUN - EARTH Correlations between solar activity and climate indicators H. Avercamp
SUN - EARTH: Possible Mechanisms Total irradiance variations: energy input into the Earth's atmosphere UV irradiance variations: c hanges in stratospheric chemistry Modulation of cosmic ray flux by solar magnetism: changes in cloud cover
VARIABLE SUN
PASSAGE OF A SUNSPOT GROUP
FLUX TUBES
PASSAGE OF A FACULAR GROUP
3- COMPONENT MODEL F( ) - quiet Sun flux (Fontenla et al. 1993) F( ) - sunspot flux; separate umbra/penumbra (cool Kurucz models) F( ) - facular flux (modified P-model; Fontenla et al. 1993; Unruh et al. 2000) (t) - filling factor of sunspots (MDI continuum) (t) - filling factor of faculae (MDI magnetograms) s f
FILLING FACTORS = 1 (or 0) s f = 1- - q s f
TOTAL FLUX
TSI: Krivova et al. 2002
MODEL VS. OBSERVATIONS
SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE
SECULAR CHANGE: Stellar Evidence Baliunas & Jastrow 1990
SECULAR CHANGE: Heliospheric Evidence
SECULAR CHANGE: Heliospheric Evidence
SOLAR VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE Solanki & Krivova 2002