Peer-reviewed papers concerning known and possible mechanisms of solar forcing of Earth climate

Peer-reviewed papers concerning known and possible mechanisms of solar forcing of Earth climate

Agnihotri, R, and Dutta, K. (2003) Centennial scale variations in rainfall (Indian, east equatorial
and Chinese monsoons): Manifestations of solar variability. Current Science, vol. 85, 459-463

Higginson, M.J., Altabet, M.A., Wincze, L., Herbert, T.D., and Murray, D.W. (2004) A solar
(irradiance) trigger for millennial-scale abrupt changes in the southwest monsoon?
Paleoceanography, vol. 19, doi:10.1029/2004PA001031.

Jiang, H., Eiriksson, J., Schulz, M., Knudsen, K.-L., and Seidenkrantz, M.-S.  (2005). Evidence for
solar forcing of SST on the North Icelandic Shelf duing the late Holocene. Geology, vol. 33, 73-76.

Kodera, K. (2004) Solar influence on the Indian Ocean monso on through dynamical processes.
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31, doi:10.1029/2004GL020928.

Kodera, K., and Shibata, K. (2006) Solar influence on the tropical stratosphere and troposphere
in the northern summer. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 33, doi:10.1029/2006GL026659.

Lambeck, K., & Cazenave, A. (1976) Long term variations in the length of day and climatic
change. Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc., vol. 46, 555.

Lim, G.-H., Suh, Y.-C., and Kim, B.-M. (2006) On the origin of the topical Atlantic decadal
oscillation based on the analysis of the ICOADS. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., vol. 132, 1139-1152.

Liu, J., Wang, B. et al. (2009) Centennial variations of the global monsoon precipitation in the last
millennium: Results from ECHO-G model. J. Climate, vol. 22, 2356-2371.

Maasch, K.A., Mayewski, P.A., Rohling, E.J., Stager, J.C., Karlen, W., Meeker, L.D., Meyerson, E.A.
(2005) A 2000-year context for modern climate change. Geografiska Annaler, vol. 87A, 7-15.

Mackey, R. (2009) The sun’s role in regulating the Earth’s climate dynamics. Energy &
Environment, vol. 20(1).

Mangini, A., Spotl, C., and Verdes, P. (2005) Reconstruction of temperature in the Central Alps
during the past 2000 yr from a 18O stalagmite record. Earth & Planet. Sci. Lett, vol. 235, 741-751.27

Neff, U. et al. (2001) Strong coherence between solar variability and the monsoon in Oman
between 9 and 6 kyr ago. Nature, vol. 411, 290-293.

Poore, R.Z., Quinn, T.M., and Verardo, S. (2004) Century-scale movement of the Atlantic
Intertropical Convergence Zone linked to solar variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., vol. 31,
doi:10.1029/2004GL019940.

Soon, W. W.-H.  (2005) Variable solar irradiance as a plausible agent for multidecadal variations
in the Arctic-wide surface air temperature record of the past 130 years. Geophysical Research
Letters, vol. 32, doi:10.1029/2005GL023429.

Soon, W. (2009) Solar Arctic-mediated climate variation on multidecadal to centennial
timescales: Empirical evidence, mechanistic explanation, and testable consequences. Physical
Geography, vol. 30, 144-184.

Svensmark, H., Jens Olaf Pepke Pedersen, Nigel Marsh, Martin Enghoff & Ulrik Uggerhøj, 2007.
Experimental Evidence for the Role of Ions in Particle Nucleation under Atmospheric Conditions.
Proc. Royal Soc. A,  vol. 463, 385–96.

Tan, M., Hou, J., and Liu, T. (2004) Sun-coupled climate connection between eastern Asia and
northern Atlantic. Geophysical  Research  Letters, vol. 31, doi:10.1029/2003GL019085.

van Loon, H., and Meehl, G.A. (2008) The response in the Pacific to the sun’s decadal peaks and
contrasts to cold events in the Southern Oscillation. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial
Physics, vol. 70, 1046-1055.

Wang Y.J. et al. (2005) The Holocene Asian monsoon: Links to solar changes and North Atlantic
climate. Science, vol. 308, 854-857.

Weng, H. (2005) The influence of the 11 yr solar cycle on the interannual-centennial climate
variability. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, vol. 67, 793-805.

White, W.B., and Liu, Z. (2008) Resonant excitation of the quasi-decadal oscillation by the 11-yr
signal in the Sun’s irradiance. Journal of Geophysical  Research  Letters, vol. 113,
doi:10.1029/2006JC004057.

Wiles, G.C. et al.  (2004) Century-scale solar variability and Alaskan temperature change over the
past millennium. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31, doi:10.1029/2004GL020050.