UV solar irradiance in observations and the NRLSSI and SATIRE-S models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 6055-6070

  Yeo, K L ^a   Ball, W T ^b   Krivova, N A ^a   Solanki, S K ^a,c   Unruh, Y C ^d   Morrill, J ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

solar irradiance; solar variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942550081     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021277     Document Type: Article

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