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Solar Variability Traced by Cosmogenic Isotopes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Jürg Beer ,
Stephan T. Baumgartner ,
Beate Dittrich-Hannen ,
Jürg Hauenstein ,
Peter Kubik ,
Christian Lukasczyk ,
Werner Mende ,
Rita Stellmacher  and
Martin Suter
Jürg Beer
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology(EAWAG), CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Stephan T. Baumgartner
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology(EAWAG), CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Beate Dittrich-Hannen
Affiliation:
Institute of Particle Physics, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
Jürg Hauenstein
Affiliation:
Physics Institute, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
Peter Kubik
Affiliation:
Paul Scherrer Institute, c/o Institute of Particle Physics, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
Christian Lukasczyk
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology(EAWAG), CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
Werner Mende
Affiliation:
Institute of Meteorology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Rita Stellmacher
Affiliation:
Institute of Meteorology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Martin Suter
Affiliation:
Institute of Particle Physics, ETH-Hönggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland

Abstract

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10Be has been measured in a 300 m long ice core from Greenland. After a general analysis of the 10Be data the potential and the limitations of 10Be records in ice to reconstruct solar variability are discussed. Special emphasis is given to periods of low solar activity (Maunder Minimum etc.). The ‘clock problem’ is addressed, also the question whether the Schwabe cycle maintains its phase. Finally the question of what 10Be can tell us about changes of the solar irradiance in the past is explored.

Type
The Response of the Earth’s Atmosphere to Solar Irradiance Variations and Sun-Climate Connections
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 143: The Sun as a Variable Star: Solar and Stellar Irradiance Variations , 1994 , pp. 291 - 300
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994

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