Reconstruction of the Long-Term Irradiance Variations

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May 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007agusmgp54a..05b&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2007, abstract #GP54A-05

Physics

7524 Magnetic Fields, 7537 Solar And Stellar Variability (1650), 7538 Solar Irradiance

Scientific paper

Solar irradiance variations have been recorded only since 1978. Clearly, there is a need to extend these records into the past in order to evaluate their possible influence on the Earth's climate. Here, a reconstruction of solar irradiance back to the Maunder minimum from the surface magnetic flux is presented. The reconstruction is based on a simple physical model that builds on the sunspot number records and sunspot areas where available. Since the sunspot area records generally consist of a compilation of data from multiple observatories, a proper cross-calibration is essential. The use of data of different sources directly combined can lead to errors in estimating the increase of solar irradiance during the past centuries. Thus, a brief description of the cross-calibration of sunspot areas is also presented.

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