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Solar Variability And Climate Processes: The Influence Of Fluctuating Solar Spectral Irradiance On Differential Surface Heating As A Function Of Soil Geochemistry And Radiation Absorption Characteristics, Susan Wahl

Theses and Dissertations

The influence of solar variability on climate has received increasing attention. Much of the research has dealt with fluctuating ultraviolet radiation and its effects in the stratosphere; decadal signatures in cloud cover and their relationship to cosmic rays; and correlations of surface air temperature with various proxies (e.g., sunspot numbers; 10Be from ice cores and marine sediments). Much of the research has focused on changing solar radiation within the upper atmosphere and the propagating effects into the troposphere. However, there is a missing component involving differential surface heating as a function of soil composition and corresponding spectral radiation absorption properties …