Precision Solar Disk Photometry - A Tool for Understanding Changes in the Sun's Luminosity

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Jan 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000stin...0143990.&link_type=abstract

Technical Report, California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States Norman Bridge Lab. for Physics

Physics

Photometry, Solar Activity Effects, Temporal Distribution, Solar Radiation, Luminosity, Variations, Satellite Observation, Sun

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The principal scientific aim of this project is to better understand the observed long-term temporal variations in the Sun's luminosity. Satellite observations have revealed that the flux of solar radiation striking the Earth is modulated by the solar magnetic cycle, being approximately 0.1 percent larger during solar maximum. The impact of this irradiance modulation on terrestrial climate is difficult to model. However, the correlation between the Maunder minimum (a period of low solar magnetic activity in the late 1600s) and the 'Little Ice Age' in Europe during the same period does suggest that small changes in the solar luminosity can profoundly affect the Earth's climate.

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