Front Matter; Introduction; Assessing Solar Variability; Solar Variability of Possible Relevance for Planetary Climates; Measurement of Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance; Solar Irradiance Variability Since 1978; Solar Variability Over the Past Several Millennia; Solar and Heliospheric Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays; What Do Cosmogenic Isotopes Tell Us about Past Solar Forcing of Climate?; Observed Long-Term Variations of Solar Irradiance at the Earth's Surface; Aerosol Effects on Clouds and Climate
Summary
To what extent changes in the solar output may affect planetary climates, though, remains as a subject of controversy. Containing a structure which mirrors that of the ISSI workshop held in June 2005, this book provides an overview of the advances in this field, with particular focus on the Earth's middle and lower atmosphere
