CAWSES (Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System) is the most important scientific program of SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics). CAWSES has triggered a scientific priority program within the German Research Foundation for a period of 6 years. Approximately 30 scientific institutes and 120 scientists were involved in Germany with strong links to international partners. The priority program focuses on solar influence on climate, atmospheric coupling processes, and space climatology.
This book summarizes the most important results from this program covering some important research topics from the Sun to climate. Solar related processes are studied including the evolution of solar radiation with relevance to climate. Results regarding the influence of the Sun on the terrestrial atmosphere from the troposphere to the thermosphere are presented including stratospheric ozone, mesospheric ice clouds, geomagnetic effects, and their relevance to climate. Several chapters highlight the importance of coupling mechanisms within the atmosphere, covering transport mechanisms of photochemically active species, dynamical processes such as gravity waves, tides, and planetary waves, and feedback mechanisms between the thermal and dynamical structure of the atmosphere. Special attention is paid to climate signals in the middle and upper atmosphere and their significance relative to natural variability.
Author(s): Franz-Josef Lübken (auth.), Franz-Josef Lübken (eds.)
Series: Springer Atmospheric Sciences
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 634
Tags: Meteorology/Climatology; Earth Sciences, general; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Environment, general
Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Scientific Summary of the German CAWSES Priority Program....Pages 1-18
Models of Solar Total and Spectral Irradiance Variability of Relevance for Climate Studies....Pages 19-38
Investigation of Solar Irradiance Variations and Their Impact on Middle Atmospheric Ozone....Pages 39-54
Solar Activity, the Heliosphere, Cosmic Rays and Their Impact on the Earth’s Atmosphere....Pages 55-78
Do Galactic Cosmic Rays Impact the Cirrus Cloud Cover?....Pages 79-87
Laboratory Experiments on the Microphysics of Electrified Cloud Droplets....Pages 89-107
Investigations of the Solar Influence on Middle Atmospheric Water Vapour and Ozone During the Last Solar Cycle—Analysis of the MPS Data Set....Pages 109-124
Influence of Solar Radiation on the Diurnal and Seasonal Variability of O 3 and H 2 O in the Stratosphere and Lower Mesosphere, Based on Continuous Observations in the Tropics and the High Arctic....Pages 125-147
Data Assimilation and Model Calculations to Study Chemistry Climate Interactions in the Stratosphere....Pages 149-170
The Response of Atomic Hydrogen to Solar Radiation Changes....Pages 171-188
High-Latitude Thermospheric Density and Wind Dependence on Solar and Magnetic Activity....Pages 189-205
Global Sporadic E Layer Characteristics Obtained from GPS Radio Occultation Measurements....Pages 207-221
Atmospheric Ionization Due to Precipitating Charged Particles....Pages 223-234
EISCAT’s Contributions to High Latitude Ionosphere and Atmosphere Science Within CAWSES in Germany....Pages 235-246
The Influence of Energetic Particles on the Chemistry of the Middle Atmosphere....Pages 247-273
The Impact of Energetic Particle Precipitation on the Chemical Composition of the Middle Atmosphere: Measurements and Model Predictions....Pages 275-299
Simulation of Particle Precipitation Effects on the Atmosphere with the MESSy Model System....Pages 301-316
Solar Variability and Trend Effects in Mesospheric Ice Layers....Pages 317-338
Charged Aerosol Effects on the Scattering of Radar Waves from the D-Region....Pages 339-363
Impact of Short-Term Solar Variability on the Polar Summer Mesopause and Noctilucent Clouds....Pages 365-382
Observations and Ray Tracing of Gravity Waves: Implications for Global Modeling....Pages 383-408
Atmospheric Coupling by Gravity Waves: Climatology of Gravity Wave Activity, Mesospheric Turbulence and Their Relations to Solar Activity....Pages 409-427
Infra-red Radiative Cooling/Heating of the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere Due to the Small-Scale Temperature Fluctuations Associated with Gravity Waves....Pages 429-442
The Influence of Zonally Asymmetric Stratospheric Ozone on the Coupling of Atmospheric Layers....Pages 443-466
Extending the Parameterization of Gravity Waves into the Thermosphere and Modeling Their Effects....Pages 467-480
The Geospace Response to Nonmigrating Tides....Pages 481-506
Solar Diurnal Tides in the Middle Atmosphere: Interactions with the Zonal-Mean Flow, Planetary Waves and Gravity Waves....Pages 507-516
Short Period Dynamics in the Mesosphere: Morphology, Trends, and the General Circulation....Pages 517-539
Solar Effects on Chemistry and Climate Including Ocean Interactions....Pages 541-571
Interannual Variability and Trends in the Stratosphere....Pages 573-583
The Atmospheric Response to Solar Variability: Simulations with a General Circulation and Chemistry Model for the Entire Atmosphere....Pages 585-604
Long-Term Behaviour of Stratospheric Transport and Mean Age as Observed from Balloon and Satellite Platforms....Pages 605-624
Back Matter....Pages 625-634
