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Project Title:
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The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth's Climate: A Workshop
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DEPS-SSB-10-04
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Major Unit:
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Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Sub Unit:
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DEPS Space Studies Board
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RSO:
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Sheffer, Abigail
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Earth Sciences; Space and Aeronautics
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The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth's Climate: A Workshop
September 8, 2011 - September 10, 2011
NCAR Mesa Lab
Boulder, CO
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Abigail Sheffer
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asheffer@nas.edu
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| Phone:
(202)334-3863
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Fax:
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Agenda:
Thursday, September 8, 2011
NCAR Mesa Lab Seminar Room
08:45
Welcome
Gerald North, Texas A&M University
Session: The Sun - Past and Present
09:00
Overview and Advances for Radiometry for Solar Observations
Greg Kopp, University of Colorado at Boulder
10:00
Assessing Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Influences as a Component of Earth’s Climate Change Picture
Daniel Baker, University of Colorado at Boulder
10:45
Break
11:00
Heliospheric Phenomena Responsible for Cosmic Ray Modulation at the Earth
Joe Giacalone, University of Arizona
11:45
Behavior of Quiet Sun Contributions to Solar Irradiance
Peter Foukal, Heliophysics Inc. (by WebEx)
12:30
Lunch
1:15
The Record of Solar Forcing in Cosmogenic Isotope Data
Raimund Muscheler, Lund University, Sweden
Session: The Sun-Climate Connection
2:00
Issues in Climate Science Underlying Sun/Climate Research
Isaac Held, NOAA GFDL/Princeton University
3:00
Indirect Climate Effects of the Sun through Modulation of the Mean Circulation Structure
Caspar Ammann, NCAR
3:45
Break
4:00
Climate Response to Solar Cycle as Observed in the Stratosphere
Lon Hood, University of Arizona
4:45
Direct Solar Forcing of the Lower Atmosphere and Ocean
Jerry Meehl, NCAR
5:30
Adjourn for the day
Friday, September 9, 2011
NCAR Mesa Lab Seminar Room
Session: The Sun-Climate Connection Part 2
09:00
Detection of the Solar Signal in Climate from Paleorecords
Raymond Bradley, University of Massachusetts
09:45
Detecting the Solar Cycle Via Temperature Proxies Back to Maunder Minimum
Gerald North, Texas A&M University
10:30
Break
10:45
Climate Response to Solar Cycle at the Surface of the Earth
Ka-Kit Tung, University of Washington
11:40
Climate Response at Earth’s Surface to Cyclic and Secular Solar Forcing
Joanna Haigh, Imperial College
12:25
Lunch
1:30
The Impact of Energetic Particle Precipitation on the Atmosphere
Charles Jackman, NASA Goddard
2:15
Cosmic Rays and Cloud Nucleation
Jeffrey Pierce, Dalhousie University
3:00
Solar Grand Minima Inferred from Observations of Solar-Type Stars
Dan Lubin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSB
3:30
Break
3:45 Panel Discussion
1) What is the most recent and/or most compelling evidence of the impact of solar variability on climate, particularly in the lower atmosphere, over decadal time scales?
2) What can we learn of the variability of solar irradiance using paleo records?
3) What can we learn of climate responses to solar variability using paleo climate records?
4) Are there any significant climate impacts of solar variability on regional scales?
5) What are the research directions, additional observations and/or model improvements necessary to improve our understanding and forecast ability regarding solar variability and climate, particularly over the solar cycle time scale?
5:00 Closing Remarks
Gerald North, Texas A&M University
5:30 pm Workshop adjourns
The remainder of the meeting is in closed session.
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Gerald North
Peter Pilewskie
Isaac Held
Joanna Haigh
Ka-Kit Tung
Larry Paxton
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
The committee discussed details of writing the workshop summary, such as the outline, important points to consider, and writing assignments.
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None. No outside materials were distributed.
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
November 4, 2011
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