Solar Spectral Irradiance Variations in 240 - 1600 nm During the Recent Solar Cycles 21 - 23

Solar Physics

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-188

  Pagaran, J ^a   Weber, M ^a   DeLand, M T ^b   Floyd, L E ^c   Burrows, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c INTERFEROMETRICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Active regions; Solar cycle, models; Solar cycle, observations; Solar irradiance; Sunspots

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961032426     PISSN: 00380938     EISSN: 1573093X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11207-011-9808-4     Document Type: Article

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