Solar Irradiance Models and Measurements: A Comparison in the 220-240 nm wavelength band

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 475-481

  Unruh, Yvonne C ^a   Ball, Will T ^a   Krivova, Natalie A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

SOlar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE); Spectral And Total Irradiance REconstructions (SATIRE); Sun: activity; Sun: irradiance; Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor (UARS SUSIM)

Indexed keywords

LONG-TERM TREND; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR RADIATION AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENTS; SOLAR SURFACES; SPECTRAL AND TOTAL IRRADIANCE RECONSTRUCTIONS (SATIRE); SUN: ACTIVITY; TIME-SCALES; TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; WAVELENGTH BAND;

MAGNETIC FLUX; SOLAR ENERGY; TIME MEASUREMENT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

SOLAR RADIATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; IRRADIANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; TREND ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84862690362     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-011-9166-7     Document Type: Article

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