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STP12 Abstracts<br />

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

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

Solar Influences on Climate<br />

Gray Lesley<br />

In this tutorial lecture, the influence of solar variability on climate will be discussed.<br />

Examples of climate variability associated with the 11-yr solar cycle <strong>an</strong>d century-scale solar<br />

variations will be presented. Observational variations will be restricted to the atmosphere<br />

below approximately 100 km, which is the region of the atmosphere known to impact the<br />

surface, <strong>an</strong>d will include variations in temperatures, winds, ozone, clouds, precipitation <strong>an</strong>d<br />

regional modes of variability such as the monsoons <strong>an</strong>d the North Atl<strong>an</strong>tic Oscillation. A<br />

summary of the various proposed mech<strong>an</strong>isms for these solar variability influences will be<br />

given, including the effects of variations in solar irradi<strong>an</strong>ce <strong>an</strong>d charged particles. Long<br />

term solar variations will also be discussed in the context of recent observations of global<br />

climate ch<strong>an</strong>ge.

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