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Solar Variability and Planetary Climates pp 319–330Cite as

The Role of Dynamics in Solar Forcing

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This paper reviews the solar influence on climate through stratospheric dynamical processes. There are two possible processes, both being a consequence of the wave-mean flow interaction in the upper stratosphere. One involves changes in the vertical propagation of planetary waves and the resultant tropospheric circulation change in the extratropics of the winter hemisphere. The other involves change in the global meridional circulation in the stratosphere and associated convective activity change in the tropics. These processes have been discussed on an 11-year solar cycle, but they are also applicable for centennial-scale solar influence on climate.

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  1. Meteorological Research Institute, Nagamine 1-1, Tsukuba, Japan

    K. Kodera

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  2. European Space Agency — European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA-ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands

    L. Gray  & J. Langen  & 

  3. CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK

    M. Lockwood

  4. University of Southhampton, Southhampton, UK

    M. Lockwood

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Kodera, K. (2007). The Role of Dynamics in Solar Forcing. In: Calisesi, Y., Bonnet, R.M., Gray, L., Langen, J., Lockwood, M. (eds) Solar Variability and Planetary Climates. Space Sciences Series of ISSI, vol 23. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-48341-2_25

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