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STP12 Abstracts<br />

Berlin, 12 - 16 July <strong>2010</strong><br />

SCOSTEP Symposium <strong>2010</strong><br />

Possible role of internal climatic oscillation in the relationship between Sun <strong>an</strong>d cloud<br />

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Voiculescu Mirela 1 , Usoskin Ilya 2<br />

1 Department of Physics, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Rom<strong>an</strong>ia, 2 Sod<strong>an</strong>kylä Geophysical<br />

Observatory (Oulu unit), 90014 University of Oulu, Finl<strong>an</strong>d<br />

During the last decade accumulating statistical evidence of solar effects on climate has<br />

emerged. Signific<strong>an</strong>t global correlations between different types of cloud cover <strong>an</strong>d ultraviolet<br />

irradi<strong>an</strong>ce (UVI), <strong>an</strong>d respectively cosmic ray induced ionization (CRII) have been found. In<br />

our previous work we have shown that different solar drivers play different roles in the<br />

occurrence of clouds at different altitudes. Since clouds play <strong>an</strong> import<strong>an</strong>t role in climate<br />

ch<strong>an</strong>ges as a major contributor to the Earth’s radiation budget, it is import<strong>an</strong>t to study as<br />

thoroughly as possible the degree of correlation <strong>an</strong>d the background conditions when such a<br />

correlation must be taken into account when evaluating the climate ch<strong>an</strong>ge. Among these we<br />

focus on the possible link between ultraviolet irradi<strong>an</strong>ce (UVI) or cosmic ray induced<br />

ionization (CRII), <strong>an</strong>d low or high clouds, respectively. Because of some variability modes in<br />

teleconnection indices (e.g., NAO) which are close to the solar 11-yr cycle, they c<strong>an</strong> interfere<br />

in the climate response. We investigate here the possibility that the observed link in the<br />

complicated chain that relates Sun <strong>an</strong>d climate could be a mixed relationship between<br />

teleconnection indices (NAO), cloud cover <strong>an</strong>d solar variability (CR or UVI based).

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