Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I. Introduction to the Sun-Climate Connections; 1.1 The Earth's atmosphere: an introduction; 1.2 The impact of solar variability on climate; 1.3 The Sun-Earth connection, on scales from minutes to millennia; 1.4 The role of the Sun in climate change: a brief history; 1.5 The role of the Sun in climate change: a societal viewpoint; 1.6 The debate about solar activity and climate change; References of Part I; Part II. Solar and Space Forcing; 2.1 Basics of solar and heliospheric modulation; 2.2 Solar radiative forcing

2.3 Variability of solar and galactic cosmic rays2.4 Variability and effects by solar wind; 2.5 Variations of solar activity; 2.6 Understanding solar activity; Infobox 2.1 Orbital forcing of glacial -- interglacial cycles; Infobox 2.2 Grand minima and maxima of solar activity; Infobox 2.3 A practical guide to solar forcing data; References of Part II; Part III. Detecting Solar Influence on Climate; 3.1 Observations on paleoclimatic time scales; 3.2 Ground-based observations; 3.3 Satellite observations; 3.4 Reanalysis data

3.5 Uncertainties and unknowns in atmospheric observations: How do they affect the solar signal identification?3.6 Numerical models of atmosphere and ocean; 3.7 From climate to Earth system models; 3.8 Uncertainties in the modeling of the solar influence on climate; 3.9 Detection and attribution: How is the solar signal identified and distinguished from the response to other forcings?; Infobox 3.1 Why are models needed in the first place, and can they be trusted?; Infobox 3.2 Model Equations and how they are solved; References of Part III; Part IV. Impacts on the Earth System

4.1 Direct impact of solar irradiance variability4.2 'Top-down' versus 'bottom-up' mechanisms for solar-climate coupling; 4.3 Interactions of different sources of variability; 4.4 Impact of solar variability on the magnetosphere; 4.5 Atmospheric ionisation by solar energetic particle precipitation; 4.6 Impact of energetic particle precipitation on atmospheric chemistry and climate; 4.7 The impact of cosmic rays on clouds; 4.8 Impact of solar variability on the global electric circuit; Infobox 4.1 Modeled impact of total solar irradiance (TSI) forcing

Infobox 4.2 Lightning, cosmic rays and energetic particlesInfobox 4.3 The influence of solar variability on extreme weather; References of Part IV; Part V. Conclusion; Conclusions; References of Part V; Glossary; The authors

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