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The IAU Colloquium No. 143 "The Sun as a Variable Star: Solar and
Stellar Irradiance Variations" was held on June 20 - 25, 1993 at
the Clarion Harvest House, Boulder, Colorado, USA. The main
objective of this Colloquium was to review the most recent results
on the observations, theoretical interpreta tions, and empirical
and physical models of the variations observed in solar and stellar
irradiances. A special emphasis of the Colloquium was to discuss
the results gained on the climatic impact of solar irradiance
variability. The study of changes in solar and stellar irradiances
has been of high interest for a long time. Determining the absolute
value of the luminosity of stars with different ages is a crucial
question for the theory of stellar evolu tion and energy production
of stellar interiors. Observations of the temporal changes of solar
and stellar irradiances - in the entire spectral band and at
different wavelengths - provide an additional tool for studying the
physical processes below the photosphere and in the solar- stellar
atmospheres. Since the Sun's radiative output is the main driver of
the physical processes with in the Earth's atmosphere, the study of
irradiance changes is an extremely important issue for climatic
studies as well. Climatic models show that small, but persistent
changes in solar irradiance may influence the Earth's climate.
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