Bibliography relating to cosmic rays - El Niño - clouds

Bibliography

Papers listed here examine the issue critically (both positively and negatively). I did not include works which merely mention the subject, or cite a work uncritically.

• Dickinson, Robert E., 1975. Solar variability and the lower atmosphere, Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 56, #12, 1240-1248. [abstract (html) and full text (pdf) - public access]
• Farrar, Paul D., 2000. Do cosmic rays influence oceanic cloud coverage - Or is it only El Niño?, Climatic Change, 47, #1/2, 7-15. [abstract (html) - public access] [full text (pdf) - subscription]
• **Friis-Christensen, Eigil, 2000. Sun, clouds and climate, Climatic Change, 47, #1/2, 1-5. [abstract (html) and full text (pdf) - subscription]
• Gierens, Klaus, and Ponater, Michael, 1999. Comment on "Variation of cosmic ray flux and global cloud coverage - a missing link in solar- climate relationships" by H. Svensmark and E. Friis-Christensen (1997), J. Atm. & Solar-Terr. Phys., 71, #11, Rapid Communication, 795-797. [abstract and full text (pdf) - subscription]
• Haigh, Joanna D., 2000. Solar variability and climate, Weather, 55, #11, 399-407.
• Harrison, R. G. and Shine, K. P., Feb. 1999. A review of recent studies of the influence of solar changes on the Earth’s climate, report prepared under contract with the Meteorological Office/Hadley Centre, 64pp.
• Harrison, R. G. and Aplin, K. L., 2001. Atmospheric condensation nuclei formation and high-energy radiation, J. Atm. & Solar-Terr. Phys., 63, 1811-1819.
• Jørgensen, Torben Stockflet, and Hansen, Aksel Walløe, 2000. Comments on "Variation of cosmic ray flux and global cloud coverage - a missing link in solar-climate relationships" by Henrik Svensmark and Eigil Friis-Christensen [Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 59 (1997) 1225-1232], J. Atm. & Solar-Terr. Phys., 62, 73-77.
• *Kernthaler, S. C., Toumi, R., and Haigh, J. D., 1999. Some doubts concerning a link between cosmic ray fluxes and global cloudiness, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 863-865.
• *Klein, S. A., and Hartmann, D. L., 1993. Spurious changes in the ISCCP dataset, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 455-458.
• Kristjánsson, Jon Egill, and Kristiansen, Jørn, 2000. Is there a cosmic ray signal in recent variations in global cloudiness and cloud radiative forcing? J. Geophys. Res., 105, D9, 11,851-11,863.
• Kristjánsson, J. E., Staple, A., Kristiansen, J., Kass, E., 2002. A new look at possible connections between solar activity, clouds and climate, Geophys. Res. Ltr., 29, #23, 2107, DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015646. [full text (html) - public access]
• Kristjánsson, J.E., Kristiansen, J., and Kaas, E., 2003. Solar activity, cosmic rays, clouds and climate - an update, Adv. Space Res. (Accepted). [full text (html) - public access]
• *Kuang, Z., Jiang, Y., and Yung, Y. L., 1998. Cloud optical thickness variations during 1983-1991: Solar cycle or ENSO?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1415-1417.
• Laut, Peter, 2003. Solar activity and terrestrial climate: an analysis of some purported correlations, J. Atmos. & Solar-Terr. Phys., 65, #7(May), 801-812. DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(03)00041-5 [abstract (html) - public access; and full text (pdf) - subscription].
• Marsh, Nigel, and Svensmark, Henrik, 2000. Cosmic rays, clouds, and climate, Space Sci. Rev., 94, #1/2, 215-230.
• Marsh, Nigel D., and Svensmark, Henrik, 2000. Low cloud properties influenced by cosmic rays, Phys. Rev. Lett., 85, #23, 5004-5007.
• **Marsh, Nigel , and Svensmark, Henrik, 2003. Galactic cosmic ray and El Niño-Southern Oscillation trends in International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project D2 low-cloud properties, J. of Geophys. Res., 108, #D6, AAC 6-1-11, DOI: 10:1029/2001JD001264. [abstract (html) - public access; and full text (pdf) - subscription].
• Norris, Joel, 2000. What can cloud observations tell us about climate variability?, Space Sci. Rev., 94, #1/2, 375-380.
• Pallé Bagó, E., and Butler, C. J., 2000. The influence of cosmic rays on terrestrial clouds and global warming, Astron. & Geophys., 41, 4.18-4.22.
• Pallé Bagó, E., and Butler, C. J., 2001. Sunshine records from Ireland, cloud factors and possible links to solar activity and climate, Int. J. of Climatology., 21, Issue 6, 709-729.
• Pallé Bagó, E., and Butler, C. J., 2001. Sunshine, clouds and cosmic rays, in Proc. of the first SOLSPA Euroconference, Canary Island, September 2000. ESA Special Publication SP-463, 147-152.
• Pallé, E., and Butler, C. J., 2002. The proposed connection between clouds and cosmic rays: Cloud behavior during the past 50-120 years, J. Atmos. & Solar-Terr. Phys., 64, #3, 327-337.
• Rahmstorff, S,. et al., 2004. Cosmic rays, carbon dioxide, and climate, Eos, 85, #4, 38,41. Jan 30, 2004
• **Ramaswamy, V., et al., 2001. Ch. 6, Radiative forcing of climate change, in Houghton, R. et al. (eds.), Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis, Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press. [full text (html) - public access]
• **Rind, David E., 2000. Have solar variations caused global warming by altering low level cloud cover?, in "Global warming and climate change: The science reviews", Quarterly Review, 3, #1, Harvard Medical School Center for Health and the Global Environment. [full text (html) - public access]
• **Rind, D[avid E.], 2002. The Sun's role in climate variations, Science, 296, 26 April 2002, 673-677.
• *Rossow, W. B., and Schiffer, R. A., 1991. ISCCP cloud data products, Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 72, #1, 2-20. [abstract (html) and full text (pdf) - public access]
• **Sun, Bomin, and Bradley, Raymond S., 2002. Solar influences on cosmic rays and cloud formation: A reassessment, J. Geophys. Res., 107, D14, AAC 5-1 - 12. DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000560.
• *Svensmark, H., 1998. Influence of cosmic rays on Earth’s climate, Phys. Rev. Lett., 81, 5027-5030.
• Svensmark, Henrik, 2000. Cosmic rays and Earth's climate, Space Sci. Rev., 93, #1/2, 175-185.
• *Svensmark, H., and Friis-Christensen, E., 1997. Variation of cosmic ray flux and global cloud coverage - a missing link in solar-climate relationships, J. Atmos. & Solar-Terr. Phys., 59, 1225-1232. [abstract (html) - public access; and full text (pdf) - subscription].
• Svensmark, Henrik, and Friis-Christensen, Eigil, 2000. Reply to comments on "Variation of cosmic ray flux and global cloud coverage - a missing link in solar-climate relationships", J. Atm. & Solar-Terr. Phys., 62, 79-80. [A reply to Jørgensen, 2000.]
• **Todd, Martin C., and Kniveton, Dominic R., 2001. Changes in cloud cover associated with Forbush decreases of galactic cosmic rays, J. Geophys. Res., 106, D23, 32,031-32,041.
• Udelhofen, Petra M., and Cess, Robert D., 2001. Effect of the solar cycle on cloud cover variations over the United States, 12th Symposium on Global Change Studies and Climate Variations, 81st Annual Meeting of the Am. Met. Soc., Albuquerque, NM. [abstract (html) - public access]
• **Udelhofen, Petra M., and Cess, Robert D., 2001. Cloud cover variations over the United States: An influence of cosmic rays or solar variability? Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, #13, 2617-2620. [full text (html and pdf) - subscription]
• Wagner, Gerhard, Livingstone, David M., Masarik, Jozef, Muscheler, Raimund, Beer, Jürg, 2001. Some results relevant to the discussion of a possible link between cosmic rays and the Earth's climate, J. Geophys. Res. (Atmos.), 106, #D4, 3381-?.
• Yu, Fangqun, 2002. Altitude variations of cosmic ray induced production of aerosols: Implications for global cloudiness and climate J. Geophys. Res. (Space Physics), DOI: 10.1029/2001JA000248.

* Cited by Farrar, 2000.
** Cites Farrar, 2000.

Popular Works

• Calder, Nigel, 1997. The manic sun: weather theories confounded, Yelvertoft Manor, Pilkington Press, 211pp.
  Reviews of Calder:
  • Brettle, M.J., Dec. 1998. Book review, "The manic sun: weather theories confounded" by Nigel Calder, Weather, 439-440.
  • Kelly, Mick, 1999. Review, "The manic sun: weather theories confounded" by Nigel Calder, Q. J. Royal Met. Soc., 125, #557, 1912.
• Schneider, David, 2001. Moonbounce, American Scientist., 89, #4(July-August), 314-315. [full text (html) - public access]