Solar-Terrestrial Influences on Weather and Climate: Proceedings of a Symposium/Workshop held at the Fawcett Center for Tomorrow, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 24–28 August, 1978

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Symposium/Workshop Conclusions....Pages 1-27
Introductory Review of Solar-Terrestrial Weather and Climate Relationships....Pages 29-40
The Enigma of Drought-A Challenge for Terrestrial and Extra Terrestrial Research....Pages 41-43
Solar Input to the Terrestrial System....Pages 45-57
Analysis of Regression Methods for Solar Activity Forecasting....Pages 59-64
Variations in the Solar Constant Caused by Changes in the Active Features on the Sun....Pages 65-68
The Variability and Absolute Magnitude of Solar Spectral Irradiance....Pages 69-73
Empirical Model of the Earth’s Response to Astronomical Variations of Insolation....Pages 75-81
Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling....Pages 83-100
A Geomagnetic Activity Recurrence Index....Pages 101-104
Effects of Solar Flares on the Atmospheric Circulation....Pages 105-118
Energy Deposition in the Earth’s Atmosphere due to Impact of Solar Activity-Generated Disturbances....Pages 119-124
Evidence of a 22-year Rhythm of Drought in the Western United States Related to the Hale Solar Cycle since the 17th Century....Pages 125-143
Available Potential Energy in the Middle Atmosphere as it Relates to the Sun-Weather Effect....Pages 145-147
Influence of the Solar Magnetic Field on Tropospheric Circulation....Pages 149-159
An Experimental Search for Causal Mechanisms in Sun/Weather-Climatic Relationships....Pages 161-173
The Statistical Significance of Data from Superposed Epoch Analyses....Pages 175-179
Solar Cycles and the Weather: Successful Experiments in Autosuggestion?....Pages 181-191
Planetary Motion, Sunspots and Climate....Pages 193-207
Use of Difference Equation Methods for Predicting Sunspot Numbers....Pages 209-214
Atmospheric Electricity and the Sun-Weather Problem....Pages 215-232
Electrical Coupling Between the Upper and Lower Atmosphere....Pages 233-241
Influences Of Solar Activity On The Electric Potential Between The Ionosphere And The Earth....Pages 243-251
Thunderstorm Frequency and Solar Sector Boundaries....Pages 253-257
The Role of Atmospheric Electricity in Sun-Weather Relationships....Pages 259-262
Possible Mechanisms of Solar Activity — Weather Effects Involving Planetary Waves....Pages 263-274
Planetary Waves at the 500-MBAR Level in the Northern Hemisphere and Their Connection to the Solar Rotation....Pages 275-281
The Role of Gravity Waves in Solar-Terrestrial Atmosphere Coupling and Severe Storm Detection....Pages 283-287
Influences of Solar Activity on the Exchange Intensity Between Stratosphere and Troposphere....Pages 289-296
Solar Influence on North Atlantic Mean Sea Level Pressure....Pages 297-298
Some Aspects of Stratospheric Chemical Response to Solar Particle Precipitations: Potential Roles of N 2 (A 3 Σ) and Ion-Chemistry....Pages 299-304
Spectral Analysis of Long-Interval Temperature Data....Pages 305-310
Preliminary Report of Changes in Tropopause Height Compared to Variations in Solar Behavior....Pages 311-315
The Stratospheric Mechanism of Solar and Anthropogenic Influences on Climate....Pages 317-322
High Latitudes Anticyclogenesis and Enhanced Atmospheric Latent Heat Transfer Processes....Pages 323-327
The Potential of the Chatanika Radar in Investigating Possible Solar/Atmosphere Coupling....Pages 329-334
Back Matter....Pages 335-346