Solar Variability and Planetary Climates

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Calisesi, Y. (Editor), Bonnet, R. -M (Editor), Gray, L. (Editor), Langen, J. (Editor), Lockwood, M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI, 23
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Atmospheric Sciences.

Variations in solar activity, as revealed by variations in the number of sunspots, have been observed since ancient times. To what extent changes in the solar output may affect planetary climates, though, remains today more than ever a subject of controversy. In 2000, the SSSI volume on Solar Variab...