A comparison of measured and simulated solar network contrast

Details A comparison of measured and simulated solar network contrast A comparison of measured and simulated solar network contrast

2009-10-06

arxiv.org/abs/0910.0976v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Proceedings paper, IAU XXVII, Symposium 264, 3 pages

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Long-term trends in the solar spectral irradiance are important to determine the impact on Earth's climate. These long-term changes are thought to be caused mainly by changes in the surface area covered by small-scale magnetic elements. The direct measurement of the contrast to determine the impact of these small-scale magnetic elements is, however, limited to a few wavelengths, and is, even for space instruments, affected by scattered light and instrument defocus. In this work we calculate emergent intensities from 3-D simulations of solar magneto-convection and validate the outcome by comparing with observations from Hinode/SOT. In this manner we aim to construct the contrast at wavelengths ranging from the NUV to the FIR.

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