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TITLE


    Earth’s climate response to a changing Sun



FOREWORD


    Foreword (by R. Bonnet)



PREFACE (Lilensten, Matthes, DdW)


    Preface 


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (Lilensten, Matthes, DdW) - for flyer, not to appear in the book


    Executive summary 


  1. I.INTRODUCTION TO THE SUN-CLIMATE CONNECTION (Editors: DdW, Kambezidis, Matthes)

    1.1 The Earth’s atmosphere: an introduction (Tourpali, Lilensten, Bojariu)

    1.2 The impact of solar variability on climate (Matthes, Haigh, Hanslmeier)

    1.3 The Sun-Earth connection, on scales from minutes to millenia (DdW)

    1.4 The role of the Sun in climate change: a brief history  (Vaquero, Trigo)

    1.5 The role of the Sun in climate change: a societal viewpoint  (Muller)

    1.6 Public perception of the role of the Sun (Benestad)




II. SOLAR AND SPACE FORCING (Editors: Tanskanen, Haberreiter, Mironova, Ermolli)

  

    2.1  Basics of solar and heliospheric modulation (Veronig)

    2.2  Origins of radiative forcing (Krivova, Ermolli)

    2.3  Variability of solar and galactic cosmic rays (Bazilevskaya, Mironova)

    2.4  Variability and forcing by solar wind (Tanskanen, Mursula)

    2.5  Variations of solar activity (Mantere, Solanki, Usoskin)

    2.6  Understanding solar activity (Mantere, Solanki, Usoskin)

    Infobox B2.1. Orbital forcing of glacial–interglacial cycles (Schmutz, Haberreiter)

    Infobox B2.2. Grand solar maxima and minima (Mursula, Usoskin)

    Infobox B2.3  A guide to solar inputs for climate studies (DdW, Funke,, Seppälä,

                             Tanskanen, Usoskin)




  1. III.DETECTING SOLAR INFLUENCE ON CLIMATE (Editors: Seppälä, Tourpali, Lam)

     

    3.1 Observations on paleoclimate time scales (Rypdal, Nilsen)

    3.2 Detecting trends and solar influence on climate: Ground based techniques (Lübken, Nicoll)

    3.3 Satellite observations (Murtagh, Seppälä, Kyrölä)

    3.4 Reanalysis data (Thejll, Gleisner)

    3.5 Uncertainties and unknowns in observations – How do they affect the solar signal

           identification?  (Funke, Seppälä, von Clarmann)

    3.6 Numerical models of atmosphere and ocean (Verronen, Schmidt)

    3.7 From climate to Earth system models (Kirchner, Prömmel)

    3.8 Uncertainties in the modeling of the solar influence on climate (Rozanov, Sukhodolov,  Tourpali)

    3.9 Detection and attribution: How is the solar signal identified and distinguished from

           other forcings? (Rypdal, Rypdal, Holm)

    Infobox B3.1: Why are models needed in the first place and can they be trusted? (Mitchell)

    Infobox B3.2: Model equations and how they are solved (Langematz)



IV. IMPACTS ON THE EARTH SYSTEM (Editors: Schmidt, Yair)

     

    4.1 Direct impact of solar irradiance variability (Lilensten, Tourpali, Rypdal)

    4.2 Top-down vs. bottom-up mechanisms for solar-climate coupling (Maycock, Misios)

    4.3 Interactions of different sources of variability (Matthes, Thiéblemont, Kunze)

    4.4 Impact of solar variability on the magnetosphere (Tanskanen, Francia)

    4.5 Atmospheric ionization by energetic particle precipitation (Verronen, Rodger)

    4.6 Impact of energetic particle precipitation on atmospheric chemistry and

           climate (Seppälä, Funke, Verronen)

    4.7 The impact of cosmic rays on clouds (Laken, Calogovic)

    4.8 Impact of solar variability on the global electrical circuit (Price, Harrison, Rycroft)

     Infobox B4.1: Modeled impact of Total Solar Irradiance Forcing (Lilensten)

     Infobox B4.2: Lightning, cosmic rays and energetic particles (Yair)

     Infobox B4.3: The influence of solar variability in extreme weather (del Carmen LLasat Botija)




V CONCLUSION  (Lilensten, Matthes, DdW)


    Conclusion 



VI GLOSSARY


    Glossary  



VII AUTHORS


    One sentence per author