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Solar Spectral Irradiance Variability in Cycle 24: Observations and Models

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2016-10-26 v1

Abstract

Utilizing the excellent stability of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), we characterize both short-term (solar rotation) and long-term (solar cycle) changes of the solar spectral irradiance (SSI) between 265-500 nm during the on-going Cycle 24. We supplement the OMI data with concurrent observations from the GOME-2 and SORCE instruments and find fair-to-excellent, depending on wavelength, agreement among the observations and predictions of the NRLSSI2 and SATIRE-S models.

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@article{arxiv.1610.08001,
  title  = {Solar Spectral Irradiance Variability in Cycle 24: Observations and Models},
  author = {S. V. Marchenko and M. T. DeLand and J. L. Lean},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.08001},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Accepted for publication in the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (SWSC) 19 pp., 6 figures