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• TITLE: A New Pathway for Incorporating the Impact of Solar Flares and Other Space Activity into Climate Modelling

  AUTHORS: Igor Suleimanov, Sofya Prakhova, Volker Rehbock

  KEYWORDS: Surface Integrals, Vector Field Theory, Solar Flares, Climate Implications

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, Vol.8 No.10, October 30, 2020

  ABSTRACT: A recent development in climate research is the recognition that space activity such as solar flares, gamma ray bursts, supernovas etc. can have a significant impact on the Earth. The existing methods of modelling space activity do not model these phenomena explicitly. Instead, their effect on ionization rates is formulated and then built into existing climate models. In this paper, based on the authors’ earlier work, several analytical approaches for modelling a solar flare hitting the Earth are presented. These methods can also be used for modelling gamma-ray bursts or cosmic rays striking our planet. In addition, a method of calculating the total amount of radiation received during a solar flare is proposed. The future use of the proposed modelling approaches within comprehensive global climate models allows for explicit modelling of space activity and provides a new pathway for studying the possible effects of this activity on the Earth.