Solar Influences on Global Change

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Publication Year:1994

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Board on Global Change, National Research Council
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Are variations in the energy generated by the Sun sufficient to modify the Earth's global environment at levels comparable to expected anthropogenic changes? Debated contentiously for more than a century, this question must now be posed with new urgency: the ...
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FRONT MATTER	i-xvi	(skim)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	1-12	(skim)
1 INTRODUCTION	13-22	(skim)
2 SOLAR VARIATIONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE	23-48	(skim)
3 SOLAR VARIATIONS, OZONE, AND THE MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE	49-72	(skim)
4 SOLAR VARIATIONS AND THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE	73-88	(skim)
5 SOLAR VARIATIONS AND THE EARTH'S NEAR-SPACE ENVIRONMENT	89-94	(skim)
6 UNDERSTANDING THE VARIABLE SUN	95-110	(skim)
7 RESEARCH STRATEGIES	111-134	(skim)
8 RECOMMENDATIONS	135-140	(skim)
REFERENCES	141-160	(skim)
ACRONYMS	161-164	(skim)

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Are variations in the energy generated by the Sun sufficient to modify the Earth's global environment at levels comparable to expected anthropogenic changes? Debated contentiously for more than a century, this question must now be posed with new urgency: the proper specification of natural global changes is a prerequisite for detecting anthropogenic impacts. Important advances over the past decade in our knowledge of the Sun and of the terrestrial responses to solar variability provides the basis for answering this question with unprecedented surety, but significant uncertainties remain. This book addresses current monitoring and understanding of solar influences on both the climate system and the ozone layer and prioritizes the research effort that will be needed to provide a sound scientific basis for policymaking related to global change issues.

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"This book is well written and contains an excellent overview of solar influences on all parts of the atmosphere." --International Journal of Climatology

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