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SOLAR VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE
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HAS THE EARTH WARMED? Climatic Research Unit, UK
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HAS THE EARTH WARMED?
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MANKIND - EARTH CO 2
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SUN - EARTH Mathew (5)
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SUN - EARTH The solar open magnetic field, solar wind and energetic particles affect the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere
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SUN - EARTH Correlations between solar activity and climate indicators Cycle length NH temperature Friis-Christensen & Lassen (1994)
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SUN - EARTH Correlations between solar activity and climate indicators H. Avercamp
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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
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VARIABLE SUN 1996 2000
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PASSAGE OF A SUNSPOT GROUP
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FLUX TUBES
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PASSAGE OF A FACULAR GROUP
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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
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FILLING FACTORS = 1 (or 0) s f = 1- - q s f
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TOTAL FLUX
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TSI: 1996 - 2001 Krivova et al. 2002
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MODEL VS. OBSERVATIONS
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SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE
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SECULAR CHANGE: Stellar Evidence Baliunas & Jastrow 1990
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SECULAR CHANGE: Heliospheric Evidence
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1996 2000
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SECULAR CHANGE: Heliospheric Evidence
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SOLAR VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE Solanki & Krivova 2002
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