Long-term climate variations and solar effects

Summary, in English

The cosmogenic radionuclides ¹⁴C, ¹⁰Be and ³⁶Cl allow us to trace solar variability several tens of millennia back in time. Different methods of reconstructing past solar variability based on radionuclide concentrations measured in ice cores will be discussed. The similarity in the variability of measurements of solar magnetic activity and solar irradiance over the last 20 years makes cosmogenic radionuclides a promising tool for reconstructing the variability of solar irradiance in the past. The analysis of many well-dated, high-resolution climate records and comparison with radionuclide records clearly indicates that solar forcing plays an important role in climate change. However, the underlying mechanisms are still a matter of debate and the climate records do not yet show a conclusive picture.

• Författare: Raimund Muscheler; Jurg Beer; Bernd Kromer
• Avdelning/ar: Kvartärgeologi
• Publiceringsår: 2003
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 305-316
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
• Volym: 535
• Dokumenttyp: Konferensbidrag
• Förlag: European Space Agency
• Ämne: Geology
• Nyckelord: Solar effects
• Conference name: Proceedings of the ISCS 2003; Solar Variability as an Input to the Earth's Environment
• Conference date: 2003-06-23 - 2003-06-28
• Conference place: Tatranska Lomnica, Czech Republic
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 0379-6566; ISSN: 1609-042X; ISBN: 0379-6566 92-9092-845-X; CODEN: ESPUD4