Solar variability and its implications for the human environment |
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| Institution: | 1. Aeronomy Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA;1. Department of Psychology, Indianapolis University – Purdue University Indianapolis, 402 N. Blackford St., LD 124, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;2. Indiana Alcohol Research Center, 545 Barnhill Drive, EH 317, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;1. IZMIRAN, Kaluzskoe Sh. 4, Troitsk, Moscow 108840, Russia;2. Department of EEE, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara 06800, Turkey;3. Space Research Center, PAS, Barticka 18-A, Warsaw, Poland;1. Department of Physics, University of Lagos, Nigeria;2. Department of Physics, University of Tasmania, Australia;3. High Altitude Observatory, National Centre for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA;4. Centre for Atmospheric Research, National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria;5. Department of Physics, Afe Babalola University, Nigeria;6. Department of Physics, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Kebbi, Nigeria;7. Institute for Scientific Research, Boston College, Massachusetts, Boston, USA;8. Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China |
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| Abstract: | Solar variability can affect human activities in a variety of ways, from changing our climate to disrupting power distribution facilities and shortening the orbital lifetime of satellites. This tutorial paper will be concerned only with effects on the surface environment that can have a direct impact on our everyday life, such as variations in the stratospheric ozone layer that shields us from harmful ultraviolet radiation, and changes in global climate that can hinder or delay the detection of climate changes that might result from our own technological activities. The emphasis is on potential mechanisms, rather than on reported correlations between solar and terrestrial parameters, but reference to certain observations will be made. Realization of a potential impact of solar variability on our local environment has progressed a long way in the last few decades, from denial to partial acceptance, but a complete assessment of its reality and magnitude remains a distant goal. |
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