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Solar Variability and its Terrestrial Effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

George L. Withbroe  and
Wolfgang Kalkofen
George L. Withbroe
Affiliation:
Space Physics Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, USA
Wolfgang Kalkofen
Affiliation:
Space Physics Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546, USA Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Abstract

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The solar output in radiation and particles varies on an eleven-year time scale, affecting terrestrial temperatures and perhaps even climate. We examine some of the data that support this contention.

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Introduction
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 143: The Sun as a Variable Star: Solar and Stellar Irradiance Variations , 1994 , pp. 11 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994

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