Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990nascp3086..269f&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Climate Impact of Solar Variability p 269-278 (SEE N91-12456 03-92)
Physics
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Faculae, Irradiance, Solar Activity Effects, Solar Constant, Solar Oscillations, Solar Radiation, Sun, Sunspots, Variability, Convection, Gravitation, High Frequencies, Luminosity, Modulation, Photosphere, Solar Magnetic Field, Spectra, Variations
Scientific paper
Direct measurements of the solar constant--the total irradiance at mean Sun-Earth distance--during the last ten years from satellites show variations over time scales from minutes to years and decades. At high frequencies the spectral power is determined by granulation, super- and mesogranulation. In the 5-minute range, moreover, it is dominated by power from the solar p-mode oscillations. Their power and frequencies change with time, yielding information about changes in the convection zone. During periods of several hours, the power is steadily increasing and may be partly due to solar gravity modes. The most important variance is in the range from days to several months and is related to the photospheric features of solar activity, decrease of the irradiance during the appearance of sunspots, and increasing by faculae and the magnetic network. Long-term modulation by the 11-year activity cycle are observed conclusively with the irradiance being higher during solar maximum. All these variations can be explained--at least qualitatively--by their manifestation on the photosphere. For the long-term changes, the simultaneous changes of the frequencies of solar p-mode oscillations suggest a more global origin of the variations. Indeed, it seems that the observed irradiance modulation is a true luminosity change with the magnetic cycle of the Sun.
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