Variability of the solar 'constant' on time scales of minutes to years

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Secular Variations, Solar Constant, Annual Variations, Irradiance, Power Spectra, Solar Activity, Solar Gravitation, Solar Oscillations

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The power of the irradiance variability spectrum from about 70 nHz (150 days) to 5 mHz (3.3 min) can be divided into three major domains with the following characteristics: (1) From 70 nHz to 2 μHz (5.8 - 150 days) the spectrum is dominated by solar activity, the power of which changes during the course of the solar cycle by up to 1 order of magnitude. (2) From 2 to 20 μHz (14 hours to 5.8 days) the spectrum follows a 1/ν2 law, which may be due to g modes. (3) From 20 μHz to 5 mHz (14 hours to 3.3 min) the spectrum follows a 1/ν law, with a broad peak around 5 min which is due to p modes yielding amplitudes of several ppm. As to the long-term changes, trends of the order of 0.02% per year seem to exist. The question whether the up and down trends with a peak around 1980 belong to an oscillatory modulation of the solar output can only be answered in the future.

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