COST Action ES1005
TOSCA - Towards a more complete assessment of the
impact of solar variability on the Earth’s climate
TOSCA is a multidisciplinary European network of scientists from more than 18 countries whose objective is to provide a better understanding of the hotly debated role of the Sun in climate change. This action aims at assessing the various contributions of solar variability to the Earth’s climate by bringing together solar physicists, space scientists, atmospheric scientists, climate modellers, paleoclimatologists, and more.
TOSCA started in June 2011 and will last for 4 years. As for other COST (Cooperation in Science and Technology) actions, the main role of TOSCA is to foster interactions between different communities.
TOSCA has 5 working groups
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•WG1 impact of solar radiative forcing
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•WG2 impact of interplanetary perturbations
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•WG3 impact of energetic particles
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•WG4 interfacing between upper and lower atmospheric layers and corresponding models
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•WG5 outreach and dissemination (GHOST)
What TOSCA is
Latest news
[30/4/2013] Next TOSCA science meeting in Prague, 30 Sept - 4 Oct.
[16/3/2013] The next call for STSMs closes on June 7, 2013.
[12/4/2013] successful TOSCA sessions at the EGU. Special issue is planned in SWSC. Deadline for declaration of interest is May 15.
[16/3/2013] the school in Thessaloniki is over. A great event.
[25/2/13] Conference grants available for early stage researchers. Deadline is March 15. > Download the forms
[24/2/13] Hauke Schmidt replaces Ulike Langematz at WG4 chair.
[24/3/13] Announcement for WG2 workshop on the impact of interplanetary disturbances has come out, see under > Activties
[20/2/13] The text of the white paper submitted to SCOSTEP can be downloaded > here.
