Solar Variability and Planetary Climates (Space Sciences Series of ISSI)

Front Matter....Pages i-3
Introduction....Pages 5-15
Assessing Solar Variability....Pages 17-24
Solar Variability of Possible Relevance for Planetary Climates....Pages 25-37
Measurement of Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance....Pages 39-51
Solar Irradiance Variability Since 1978....Pages 53-65
Solar Variability Over the Past Several Millennia....Pages 67-79
Solar and Heliospheric Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays....Pages 81-93
What Do Cosmogenic Isotopes Tell Us about Past Solar Forcing of Climate?....Pages 95-109
Observed Long-Term Variations of Solar Irradiance at the Earth’s Surface....Pages 111-128
Aerosol Effects on Clouds and Climate....Pages 129-137
Satellite Observations of Natural and Anthropogenic Aerosol Effects on Clouds and Climate....Pages 139-147
Aerosol-Cloud Interactions Control of Earth Radiation and Latent Heat Release Budgets....Pages 149-157
Atmospheric Ion-Induced Aerosol Nucleation....Pages 159-167
Atmospheric Aerosol and Cloud Condensation Nuclei Formation: A Possible Influence of Cosmic Rays?....Pages 169-186
On the Response of the Climate System to Solar Forcing....Pages 187-197
Detection and Attribution of Climate Change, and Understanding Solar Influence on Climate....Pages 199-211
The Climate Response to the Astronomical Forcing....Pages 213-226
Regional Response of the Climate System to Solar Forcing: The Role of the Ocean....Pages 227-235
Discussion of the Solar UV/Planetary Wave Mechanism....Pages 237-246
Solar Variation and Stratospheric Response....Pages 247-260
Signature of the 11-Year Cycle in the Upper Atmosphere....Pages 261-272
The Middle Atmospheric Ozone Response to the 11-Year Solar Cycle....Pages 273-286
Influence of the Solar Cycle on the General Circulation of the Stratosphere and Upper Troposphere....Pages 287-303
Multidecadal Signal of Solar Variability in the Upper Troposphere During The 20th Century....Pages 305-317
The Role of Dynamics in Solar Forcing....Pages 319-330
Solar Influences on Dynamical Coupling Between the Stratosphere and Troposphere....Pages 331-344
The Response of the Middle Atmosphere to Solar Cycle Forcing in the Hamburg Model of the Neutral and Ionized Atmosphere....Pages 345-356
A Possible Transfer Mechanism for the 11-Year Solar Cycle to the Lower Stratosphere....Pages 357-370
Recent Space Data....Pages 371-379
Satellite Measurements of Middle Atmospheric Impacts by Solar Proton Events in Solar Cycle 23....Pages 381-391
Impact of Solar Activity on Stratospheric Ozone and No 2 Observed by GOMOS/ENVISAT....Pages 393-402
The Stratospheric and Mesospheric NO y in the 2002–2004 Polar Winters as Measured by MIPAS/ENVISAT....Pages 403-416
Early Data from Aura and Continuity from UARS and Toms....Pages 417-430
What Do We Know about the Climate of Terrestrial Planets?....Pages 431-434
Solar Variability and Climate Impact on Terrestrial Planets....Pages 435-444
Climate Variability on Venus and Titan....Pages 445-455
The Orbital Forcing of Climate Changes on Mars....Pages 457-472
Back Matter....Pages 473-474