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SOLAR VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE. HAS THE EARTH WARMED? Climatic Research Unit, UK.

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1 SOLAR VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE

2 HAS THE EARTH WARMED? Climatic Research Unit, UK

3 HAS THE EARTH WARMED?

4 MANKIND - EARTH CO 2

5 SUN - EARTH Mathew (5)

6 SUN - EARTH The solar open magnetic field, solar wind and energetic particles affect the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere

7 SUN - EARTH Correlations between solar activity and climate indicators Cycle length NH temperature Friis-Christensen & Lassen (1994)

8 SUN - EARTH Correlations between solar activity and climate indicators H. Avercamp

9 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

10 VARIABLE SUN 1996 2000

11 PASSAGE OF A SUNSPOT GROUP

12 FLUX TUBES

13 PASSAGE OF A FACULAR GROUP

14 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

15 FILLING FACTORS  = 1 (or 0)   s  f  = 1-  -  q s f

16 TOTAL FLUX

17 TSI: 1996 - 2001 Krivova et al. 2002

18 MODEL VS. OBSERVATIONS

19 SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE

20 SECULAR CHANGE: Stellar Evidence Baliunas & Jastrow 1990

21 SECULAR CHANGE: Heliospheric Evidence

22 1996 2000

23 SECULAR CHANGE: Heliospheric Evidence

24 SOLAR VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE Solanki & Krivova 2002


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