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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2012. The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth's Climate: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13519.
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Workshop Agenda and Participants

AGENDA

September 8, 2011
8:45 a.m. Welcome Gerald R. North, Texas A&M University
Session 1
9:00 Overview and Advances in Radiometry for Solar Observations
Greg Kopp, University of Colorado, Boulder
10:00 Assessing Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Influences as a Component of Earth’s Climate Change Picture
Daniel N. Baker, University of Colorado, Boulder
11:00 Heliospheric Phenomena Responsible for Cosmic Ray Modulation at the Earth
Joe Giacalone, University of Arizona
11:45 Behavior of Quiet Sun Contributions to Solar Irradiance
Peter Foukal, Heliophysics, Inc. (by WebEx), Session Chair
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:15 The Record of Solar Forcing in Cosmogenic Isotope Data
Raimund Muscheler, Lund University, Sweden
Session 2
2:00 Issues in Climate Science Underlying Sun/Climate Research
Isaac M. Held, NOAA GFDL, Session Chair
3:00 Indirect Climate Effects of the Sun Through Modulation of the Mean Circulation Structure
Caspar Ammann, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2012. The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth's Climate: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13519.
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4:00 Climate Response to the Solar Cycle as Observed in the Stratosphere
Lon Hood, University of Arizona
4:45 Direct Solar Forcing of the Lower Atmosphere and Ocean
Gerald A. Meehl, National Center for Atmospheric Research
5:30 Adjourn for the day

September 9, 2011

Session 3
9:00 a.m. Detection of the Solar Signal in Climate from Paleorecords
Raymond S. Bradley, University of Massachusetts
9:45 Detecting the Solar Cycle Via Temperature Proxies Back to the Maunder Minimum
Gerald North, Texas A&M University
10:45 Climate Response at Earth’s Surface to Cyclic and Secular Solar Forcing
Ka-Kit Tung, University of Washington, Session Chair
11:40 Solar Effects Transmitted by Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling
Joanna D. Haigh, Imperial College, London
12:25 p.m. Lunch
Session 4
1:30 The Impact of Energetic Particle Precipitation on the Atmosphere
Charles Jackman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2:15 Cosmic Rays and Cloud Nucleation
Jeffrey Pierce, Dalhousie University
3:00 Solar Grand Minima Inferred from Observations of Sun-like Stars
Dan Lubin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Panel Discussion
3:45 Panel Discussion led by Joanna Haigh and Daniel Baker
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2012. The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth's Climate: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13519.
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1. What is the most recent and/or most compelling evidence of the impact of solar variability on climate, particularly in the lower atmosphere, over decadal timescales?

2. What can we learn of the variability of solar irradiance using paleoclimate records?

3. What can we learn of climate responses to solar variability using paleoclimate records?

4. Are there any significant climate impacts of solar variability on regional scales?

5. What are the research directions, additional observations, and/or model improvements necessary to improve understanding and forecast ability regarding solar variability and climate, particularly over the solar cycle timescale?

5:00 Closing Remarks Gerald North, Texas A&M University
5:30 Workshop adjourns

PARTICIPANTS

Caspar Ammann, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Susanne Benze, University of Colorado, Boulder

Blair Bowers, Caset Associates, Ltd.

Matthias Brakesusch, University of Colorado, Boulder

Gabriel Chiodo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Odele Coddinggon, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder

Guiliana de Toma, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Ells Dutton, Global Monitoring Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Juan Fontenla, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder

Joe Giacalone, University of Arizona

Sarah Gibson, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Douglas Gough, JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder

Madhulika Guhathakurta, Living With a Star, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Jerald Harder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder

V. Lynn Harvey, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder

Lon Hood, University of Arizona

Charles Jackman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Philip Judge, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Farzad Kamalabadi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Peter Kiedron, Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Hyosub Kil, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University

Greg Kopp, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder

Andrew Kren, University of Colorado, Boulder

Hanli Liu, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Jesse Lord, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder

Dan Lubin, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

Janet Machol, National Geophysical Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Youhei Masada, Kyoto University, Japan

Joe McInerney, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Scott McIntosh, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2012. The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth's Climate: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13519.
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Aimee Merkel, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder

Mark Miesch, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Raimund Muscheler, Lund University, Sweden

Seung Jun Oh, SELab, Inc.

Ethan Peck, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder

Jeffrey Pierce, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Douglas Rabin, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Cora Randall, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder

Mark Rast, University of Colorado, Boulder

Alan Robock, Rutgers University

Fabrizio Sassi, Naval Research Laboratory

Harlan Spence, University of New Hampshire

Mark Stevens, University of Colorado, Denver

Michael Thompson, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Juri Toomre, JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder

Thomas Woods, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder

Lawrence Zanetti, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University

National Research Council Staff

Abigail Sheffer, Space Studies Board

Michael Moloney, Space Studies Board and Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board

Amanda Thibault, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board

Terri Baker, Space Studies Board

Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2012. The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth's Climate: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13519.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2012. The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth's Climate: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13519.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2012. The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth's Climate: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13519.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Participants." National Research Council. 2012. The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth's Climate: A Workshop Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13519.
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On September 8-9, 2011, experts in solar physics, climate models, paleoclimatology, and atmospheric science assembled at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado for a workshop to consider the Sun's variability over time and potential Sun-climate connections.

While it does not provide findings, recommendations, or consensus on the current state of the science, The Effects of Solar Variability on Earth's Climate: A Workshop Report briefly introduces the primary topics discussed by presenters at the event. As context for these topics, the summary includes background information on the potential Sun-climate connection, the measurement record from space, and potential perturbations of climate due to long-term solar variability. This workshop report also summarizes some of the science questions explored by the participants as potential future research endeavors.

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