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Scientific paper
May 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984siva.work..213e&link_type=abstract
In NASA, Washington Solar Irradiance Variations on Active Region Time Scales p 213-232 (SEE N84-27635 17-92)
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Climate, Energy Storage, Irradiance, Solar Constant, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Faculae, Luminosity, Modulation, Solar Cycles, Sunspots
Scientific paper
Activity related modulation of the solar constant can have practical consequences for climate only if storage is involved, as opposed to a detailed balance between sunspot blocking and facular reemission. Four empirical tests are considered that might distinguish between these opposing interpretations: monochromatic measurements of positive and negative flux; comparison of modelled and measured irradiance variations; the interpretation of secular trends in irradiance data; and the direct test of an anticipated signal in climate records of surface air temperature. The yet unanswered question of the role of faculae as possible reemitters of blocked radiation precludes a definitive answer, although other tests suggest their role to be minor, and that storage and an 11 year modulation is implicated. A crucial test is the behavior of the secular trend in irradiance in the declining years of the present activity cycle.
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