Decadal Variability in the Sun and Climate
2004 SORCE Science Meeting, Meredith, New Hampshire
Tuesday, October 26
5:30 - 7:00 p.m Registration
6:00 - 7:00 p.m Welcoming Reception - Oval Room/Library, Church Landing
Wednesday, October 27
Welcome / Keynote Talk
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introduction - Gary Rottman
8:45 - 9:15 a.m. Mark Baldwin -- Keynote Talk
The Stratospheric Link Between the Sun and Climate
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1. Solar Radiation - Status of Current SORCE Measurements
9:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Chair: Bob Cahalan
9:15 - 9:30 a.m. Gary Rottman, The SORCE Mission - Going on Two Years
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9:30 - 9:50 a.m. Greg Kopp, TIM Status and Contributions to the Total Solar Irradiance Record
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9:50 -10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 - 10:50 a.m. Jerry Harder, Solar Spectral Variability as Measured by the SORCE SIM Instrument
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10:50 - 11:10 a.m. Bill McClintock, The First 18 Months of SORCE SOLSTICE
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11:10 - 11:30 a.m. Tom Woods, Variability of the Solar XUV Irradiance from the SORCE XPS
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11:30 -1:00 p.m. Lunch
2. Decadal Variability in the Atmosphere and Oceans
1:00 - 4:30 p.m. Chair: David Rind
1:00 - 1:25 p.m. David Douglass, Climate Sensitivity of the Earth to Solar Radiation and Climate Models
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1:25 - 1:50 p.m. Joanna Haigh, Solar Heating of the Lower Stratosphere and its Influence on Tropospheric Climate
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1:50 - 2:15 p.m. John McCormack, The Effect of Decadal Solar UV Variability on the Middle Atmosphere: A 2-D Modeling Perspective
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2:15 - 3:10 p.m. Break
3:10 - 3:35 p.m. Lesley Gray, Variability of the Winter Stratospheric Vortex Associated with the 11-Year Solar Cycle
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3:35 - 3:50 p.m. Terry Nathan, Solar Cycle Induced Ozone Perturbations and the Reflection of Tropospherically Forced Planetary Waves
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3:50 - 4:05 p.m. Alfred Powell, Lower Atmosphere Diagnostic Analysis for a Sun-Earth Connection
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Poster Viewing/Reception
4:05 - 6:15 p.m.
(ALL Posters will be up for viewing during the entire meeting, Wednesday-Thursday)

Session 1
Claus Fröhlich, A Comparison of the VIRGO and TIM Data
Marty Snow, The SOLSTICE Observing Technique [ Format: PDF Filesize: 838 KB ]
Christopher Pankratz, SORCE Science Data Processing and Availability

Session 2
Pilar Montanes-Rodriguez, Global Measurements of the Earth's Visible Spectral Albedo
Alfred Powell, Vertical Propagating Wave Diagnostic Analysis
David Salstein, Relationships Between Solar Activity, Earth Rotation and Atmospheric Angular Momentum [ Format: PDF Filesize:156 KB ]
Richard Wolfson, A Solar-Cycle Influence on New England’s Climate?
Shengpan Zhang, Response of the O(1S) Dayglow to the Solar Zenith Angle and Solar Irradiance: An Empirical Model by WINDII on UARS

Session 3
Steven Dewitte, Measurement of the Long-Term Total Solar Irradiance Trend: What is Needed Versus What is Achieved
Claus Fröhlich, Some Thoughts about the Reliability of Reconstructions of Total Solar Irradiance into the Past
Dora Preminger, Inferring Total Solar Irradiance from Sunspot Areas Only
Delores Knipp, Direct and Indirect Thermospheric Heating Sources for Solar Cycles 21-23
Linton Floyd, The SUSIM MgII Core-to-Wing Ratio Index [ Format: PDF Filesize: 1.3 MB ]
Marty Snow, The Role of Spectral Resolution in Measuring the Solar Magnesium II Index [ Format: PDF Filesize: 276 KB ]
Jeff Morrill, Center-to-Limb Variation of the Solar UV Spectrum Observed by SKYLAB [ Format: PDF Filesize: 952 KB ]
Guoyong Wen, Empirical Orthogonal Function Analysis of Solar Spectral Irradiance from SIM
Helen Coffey, NOAA NESDIS Data Rescue Solar Image Scanning Project
Thursday, October 28
Keynote Talk
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Vikram Mehta - Keynote Talk
Decadal Climate Variability - Societal Impacts, Phenomena, Problems, and Prospects
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3. Mechanisms and Modes of Decadal Solar Variability
9:00 -12:10 p.m. Chair: Stephen Walton
9:00 - 9:20 a.m. Dick White, Variability of the Sun’s Radiative Output in the Last 30 Years and Its Relationship to the Record in Global Warming
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9:20 - 9:45 a.m. Stephen Walton, What Photometric Images Have (and Haven't) Taught Us about TSI
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9:45 - 10:00 a.m. Claus Fröhlich, Re-Analysis of the Long-Term Changes of the NIMBUS-7 Radiometer and Behavior of Total Solar Irradiance During Solar Cycle 21
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10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Tom Woods, Variation of the Bright Solar Lyman-Alpha Emission: Estimation of the UV Decrease During the Maunder Minimum
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10:15 -10:50 a.m. Break
10:50 - 11:15 a.m. Ken Schatten, The Energetics of Sunspots and Faculae: Fluid Dynamics vs. Magnetic Inhibition
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11:15 - 11:40 a.m. Tom Berger, High Resolution Observations of Solar Faculae
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11:40 - 12:10 p.m. Peter Foukal, What Decadal Irradiance Variations Teach Us about the Likelihood of Multi-Decadal Variations
12:10 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
4. Climate Variability Modes (e.g. ENSO, NAO/AO, PDO) and Nonlinear Response
1:30 - 5:15 p.m. Chair: Lesley Gray
1:30 - 1:55 p.m. Amy Clement, ENSO Basics
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1:55 - 2:20 p.m. Mark Cane, Volcanic and Solar Forcing of the TropicalPacific Over the Past 1000 Years
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2:20 - 2:45 p.m. Michael Mann, Dynamical Mechanisms of Solar Climate Forcing in Past Centuries
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2:45 - 3:00 p.m. Sultan Hameed, Responses of the Atmospheric Centers of Action to the Solar Cycle in the East and West Phases of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation
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3:00 - 3:40 p.m. Break
3:40 - 4:05 p.m. Dave Thompson, The Impact of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion on Climate Change at Earth’s Surface
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4:05 - 4:20 p.m. Alexander Ruzmaikin, Solar and QBO Influences on the North Annular Mode
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4:20 - 4:35 p.m. Hans Mayr, The QBO as Amplifier and Conduit to Lower Altitudes of Solar Cycle Influence?
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4:35 - 4:50 p.m. Eugene Cordero, The Response of the QBO to Zonal-Mean Ozone Perturbations Consistent With the 11-Year Solar Cycle
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4:50 - 5:15 p.m. Murry Salby, Evidence of the Solar Cycle in the Circulation of the Stratosphere and Its Influence on the Troposphere
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Science Dinner
7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Dan Schrag - Dinner Speaker
Snowball Earth and Other Climate Tales of Earth and Her Neighbors
Friday, October 29
Keynote Talk
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Madeleine Nash - Keynote Talk
Chasing El Niño: A Science Writer’s Walk on the Wild Side of Climate
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4. Climate Variability Modes (e.g. ENSO, NAO/AO, PDO) and Nonlinear Response (continued)
9:00 - 10:45 p.m. Chair: Peter Pilewskie
9:00 - 9:25 a.m. Jose A. Rial, On the (Nonlinear) Causes of Abrupt Climate Change During the Last Ice Age
9:25 - 9:50 a.m. Fabrizio Sassi, The Effect of ENSO on the Dynamical and Thermal Structure of the Middle Atmosphere
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9:50 - 10:05 a.m. Enric Palle, Changes in the Earth’s Albedo Over the Past Two Decades
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10:05 - 10:20 a.m. Shuntai Zhou, Sensitivity of Stratospheric Zonal Wind to Solar Cycle Variations
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10:20 - 10:45 a.m. Shaopeng Huang, Lunar Regolith Temperature as a Monitor of the Radiation Budget of Earth
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10:45 - 11:00 a.m. Break
Session Overviews and Panel Discussion
11:00 - 11:50 a.m. Chair: Mark Baldwin
11:50 - 12:00 p.m. Conclusion, Adjourn