 Image of sun courtesy of NASA. |
Posted on 11/30/2010 12:19:57 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
CU-NASA Research Center to Study Sun’s Effects on Earth’s Climate
Image of sun courtesy of NASA. |
The University of Colorado at Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., today announced the formation of a new collaborative research center dedicated to the study of the sun’s effect on Earth’s climate.
The center, called the Sun-Climate Research Center, or SCRC, will be co-directed by LASP Research Scientist Peter Pilewskie as well as Robert Cahalan, who heads Goddard’s Climate and Radiation Branch, and Douglas Rabin, head of Goddard’s Solar Physics Laboratory.
“The exciting thing about this collaboration is that we believe it will promote studies to help answer key questions about the climate system, including how Earth’s atmosphere responds to the sun’s variability and how that affects climate,” said Pilewskie, a faculty member in CU-Boulder’s atmospheric and oceanic sciences department. “This question is particularly important now as we seek to quantify the human-induced impact on Earth’s climate.”
Made possible by a Federal Space Act Agreement, SCRC will foster collaboration between Earth-atmosphere and solar sciences at the two institutions. Opportunities will include a scientist exchange program between the organizations and the ability for postdoctoral scientists and graduate students in science, engineering and mission operations to move between LASP and Goddard. The partnership also will include international research symposia on sun-climate interactions.
“In recent years Goddard and LASP have worked together on several Earth and sun missions,” said Cahalan. “Now we look forward to continuing to drive growth in this key interdisciplinary field of sun-Earth research, bringing new focus to the study of multiyear changes in the sun and its influence on Earth’s climate.”
According to the center’s co-directors, the SCRC represents a rare and innovative step that underscores LASP’s ability to take its high-caliber research and program opportunities to a new level with Goddard.
“LASP has developed some remarkable areas of expertise that are key to studying the sun and its effect on climate and on human activities,” said LASP Director Daniel Baker. “By working with our colleagues at Goddard, we can leverage our skills and help take an important step toward greater cooperation between NASA centers and leading university research teams.”
For more information on LASP visit lasp.colorado.edu/home/. For more information on NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center visit www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html.
And I thought that CO2 was the answer to the mysteries in our climate.....
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tallbloke says:
Interesting. There seems to be a coordinated ‘renewal’ exercise under way. A similar press release is about to come from London:
Looks like CRU and the UEA might be getting the boot finally.
Lemme guess - it provides sunlight and helps to heat and cool the earth?
OK - where do I go to get my grant money?
I was wondering when they would get around to that big ball of light that rises in the east each day and sets in the west. Who would think it would have any affect on the earth’s climate.
I guess they will be going for a night landing to study its surface.
Ya know? I've been suspicious of the Sun/Climate change behavior for some time.
Ever notice that whenever the Sun is visible, the air gets warmer?
And it seems to be cooler whenever the Sun is not visible?
Hmmmmm...just can't quite put my finger on it.
They’d better ask Angeles Duran for permission first.
Wow, what a stunning revelation, the sun might actually affect climate. Who’da thunk it?
And it seems to be cooler whenever the Sun is not visible?
Hmmmmm...just can't quite put my finger on it.
A global warmist would remind you that correlation does not equal causation. :=)
I'm quite sure that, after careful (i.e. expensive) study, these guys will conclusively determine that the sun has a negligible effect on climate, thus strengthening the CO2 theory.
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Olen says:
The goal of the research is stated in one sentence. “This question is particularly important now as we seek to quantify the human-induced impact on Earth’s climate.”
It looks like the intent is to prove human induced global climate change. Every time they have been proven wrong they simply change the story or name but the outcome is always man induced disaster.
I ws thinking that NASA new mission was an outreach to muslims, or is that on the back burner now?
I expect the same conclusion here.
Gotta keep that grant money rolling in.
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What a concept!
I wonder if there is some sort of relationship between the Sun and our climate?
Maybe this study will answer that question....
I’ve got a theory, but I’m going to need several million dollars in government grants to research it.
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