Solar Cycle and Climate Effect
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Earth Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2023) | Viewed by 1871
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Although evidence from both modern observations and paleoclimate records support claims that solar activity is one significant driving force of climate change on decadal and century timescales, there is great controversy due to the lack of a generally accepted linking mechanism. Hypotheses for solar activity as driver include the solar irradiance mechanism; the energetic particle precipitation/chemical mechanism; the solar wind–GEC–cloud mechanism; and the cosmic ray/ion-mediated nucleation mechanism. These are not mutually exclusive. At the same time, new observations—including those ranging from the day-to-day timescale to the decadal timescale—continue to provide support for the solar activity connection. This Special Issue of Applied Sciences will combine new data analyses and numerical simulations to update the picture of the impact of solar variability on weather and climate.
Prof. Dr. Limin Zhou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- solar activity
- climate change
- forcing mechanism
- observational evidence
