Research Title: Solar Influences Funding Level (millions of
dollars): Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (CENR)
Component: (a) Subcommittee: Global Change Research Subcommittee
(100%) NSTC Committee on Fundamental Science (b) Environmental
Issues: Natural Variability (50%); Greenhouse gases (30%);
Exploratory (20%) (c) Research Activity: System structure and
function: Understanding (100%) Directorates for Geosciences and
Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division of Atmospheric
Sciences National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230 Point of Contact: Richard A. Behnke To
observe and understand the mechanisms that give rise to variable
radiative output from the sun, how particles and fields from the
sun interact with Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere, and the
coupling, energetics and dynamics of upper atmospheric regions
from the mesosphere to the exosphere. The ultimate goal is to
develop a predictive capability of the effects of the solar
terrestrial environment on the