Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System (CAWSES): Highlights from a Priority Program

Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Scientific Summary of the German CAWSES Priority Program....Pages 1-18
Models of Solar Total and Spectral Irradiance Variability of Relevance for Climate Studies....Pages 19-38
Investigation of Solar Irradiance Variations and Their Impact on Middle Atmospheric Ozone....Pages 39-54
Solar Activity, the Heliosphere, Cosmic Rays and Their Impact on the Earth’s Atmosphere....Pages 55-78
Do Galactic Cosmic Rays Impact the Cirrus Cloud Cover?....Pages 79-87
Laboratory Experiments on the Microphysics of Electrified Cloud Droplets....Pages 89-107
Investigations of the Solar Influence on Middle Atmospheric Water Vapour and Ozone During the Last Solar Cycle—Analysis of the MPS Data Set....Pages 109-124
Influence of Solar Radiation on the Diurnal and Seasonal Variability of O 3 and H 2 O in the Stratosphere and Lower Mesosphere, Based on Continuous Observations in the Tropics and the High Arctic....Pages 125-147
Data Assimilation and Model Calculations to Study Chemistry Climate Interactions in the Stratosphere....Pages 149-170
The Response of Atomic Hydrogen to Solar Radiation Changes....Pages 171-188
High-Latitude Thermospheric Density and Wind Dependence on Solar and Magnetic Activity....Pages 189-205
Global Sporadic E Layer Characteristics Obtained from GPS Radio Occultation Measurements....Pages 207-221
Atmospheric Ionization Due to Precipitating Charged Particles....Pages 223-234
EISCAT’s Contributions to High Latitude Ionosphere and Atmosphere Science Within CAWSES in Germany....Pages 235-246
The Influence of Energetic Particles on the Chemistry of the Middle Atmosphere....Pages 247-273
The Impact of Energetic Particle Precipitation on the Chemical Composition of the Middle Atmosphere: Measurements and Model Predictions....Pages 275-299
Simulation of Particle Precipitation Effects on the Atmosphere with the MESSy Model System....Pages 301-316
Solar Variability and Trend Effects in Mesospheric Ice Layers....Pages 317-338
Charged Aerosol Effects on the Scattering of Radar Waves from the D-Region....Pages 339-363
Impact of Short-Term Solar Variability on the Polar Summer Mesopause and Noctilucent Clouds....Pages 365-382
Observations and Ray Tracing of Gravity Waves: Implications for Global Modeling....Pages 383-408
Atmospheric Coupling by Gravity Waves: Climatology of Gravity Wave Activity, Mesospheric Turbulence and Their Relations to Solar Activity....Pages 409-427
Infra-red Radiative Cooling/Heating of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Due to the Small-Scale Temperature Fluctuations Associated with Gravity Waves....Pages 429-442
The Influence of Zonally Asymmetric Stratospheric Ozone on the Coupling of Atmospheric Layers....Pages 443-466
Extending the Parameterization of Gravity Waves into the Thermosphere and Modeling Their Effects....Pages 467-480
The Geospace Response to Nonmigrating Tides....Pages 481-506
Solar Diurnal Tides in the Middle Atmosphere: Interactions with the Zonal-Mean Flow, Planetary Waves and Gravity Waves....Pages 507-516
Short Period Dynamics in the Mesosphere: Morphology, Trends, and the General Circulation....Pages 517-539
Solar Effects on Chemistry and Climate Including Ocean Interactions....Pages 541-571
Interannual Variability and Trends in the Stratosphere....Pages 573-583
The Atmospheric Response to Solar Variability: Simulations with a General Circulation and Chemistry Model for the Entire Atmosphere....Pages 585-604
Long-Term Behaviour of Stratospheric Transport and Mean Age as Observed from Balloon and Satellite Platforms....Pages 605-624
Back Matter....Pages 625-634