The Sun

Constant as the Sun? A Look at Solar Variability

Peter Fox, NCAR High Altitude Observatory (HAO)

• Why study solar variability?
• What is the Sun?
• A Closer Look
• Solar Weather
  • Sunspots
  • Faculae
  • Solar rotation
  • The magnetic background
  • Eruptive events
  • How is the radiation divided when the Sun varies?
• Solar climate
  • Modeling the variations.
• Physical Origin of Solar Variations
  • Studying Magnetic fields
  • Proxy indicators of solar change?
• Other stars
• The Climate Connection?
• Future research directions

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-Revised 2 February 1997 by Peter Fox.

Copyright 1995, NCAR. - Approved by Peter Fox.