Table of Contents

Solar Variability and the Earth’s Climate: Introduction and Overview.- Solar Variability.- Observations of Irradiance Variations.- Observations of Variability in Cosmic Rays.- Short Term, Direct Indices of Solar Variability.- Long-term Indirect Indices of Solar Variability.- Extreme Solar Cycle Variability in Strong Lines Between 200 and 400 nm.- Data from the Precision Solar Photometrie Telescope (PSPT) in Hawaii from March 1998 to March 1999.- Variations of Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance Observed by the UARS SOLSTICE — 1991 to 1999.- Solar Variability Observations (Discussion Session la).- Physical Causes of Solar Activity.- Theory of Solar Irradiance Variations.- Reconstruction of Past Solar Irradiance.- Modelling Short-term Spectral Irradiance Variations.- Modelling Solar Irradiance Variations: Comparison with Observations, Including Line-ratio Variations.- Resonance in a Coupled Solar-Climate Model.- A Least-squares Solution for the Effective Conductivity of the Solar Convection Zone.- Using Precise Solar Limb Shape Measurements to Study the Solar Cycle.- Physical Causes of Solar Variability (Discussion Session lb).- Influences.- The Influence of Total Solar Irradiance on Climate.- The Effect of Solar UV Irradiance Variations on the Earth’s Atmosphere.- Cosmic Rays, Clouds, and Climate.- Influence of Solar Wind on the Global Electric Circuit, and Inferred Effects on Cloud Microphysics, Temperature, and Dynamics in the Troposphere.- The Influence of the 11-Year Solar Cycle on the Stratosphere Below 30 km: a Review.- Amplification of the Influence of Solar Flux Variations on the Winter Stratosphere by Planetary Waves.- The Impact of Solar Forcing on the Variability in a Coupled Climate Model.- Solar Variability and the Search for Corresponding Climate Signals.-Climate.- Climate Observations — The Instrumental Record.- Long Term Climate Records from Polar Ice.- Anthropogenic and Natural Causes of Twentieth Century Temperature Change.- Observations of Climate Variability (Discussion Session 3a).- The Sun’s Role in Long-Term Climate Change.- Climate Modelling (Discussion Session 3b).- Radiative Forcing of Climate Change.- What Can Cloud Observations Teil Us About Climate Variability?.- Cloud Formation and the Possible Significance of Charge for Atmospheric Condensation and Ice Nuclei.- Solar Variability and Clouds (Discussion Session 3c).- Solar Variability and Climate — A Summary.- Press Release.- Author Index.- List of Participants.

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