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Solar Irradiance from 165 to 400 nm in 2008 and UV Variations in Three Spectral Bands During Solar Cycle 24

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Accurate measurements of the solar spectral irradiance (SSI) and its temporal variations are of primary interest to better understand solar mechanisms, and the links between solar variability and Earth’s atmosphere and climate. The SOLar SPECtrum (SOLSPEC) instrument of the Solar Monitoring Observatory (SOLAR) payload onboard the International Space Station (ISS) has been built to carry out SSI measurements from 165 to 3088 nm. We focus here on the ultraviolet (UV) part of the measured solar spectrum (wavelengths less than 400 nm) because the UV part is potentially important for understanding the solar forcing of Earth’s atmosphere and climate. We present here SOLAR/SOLSPEC UV data obtained since 2008, and their variations in three spectral bands during Solar Cycle 24. They are compared with previously reported UV measurements and model reconstructions, and differences are discussed.

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The SOLAR/SOLSPEC investigation is supported by the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, by the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES, France), by the Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (Germany), and by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France). The authors would like to thank the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP, United States) for providing the SORCE data and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (Germany) for providing the SATIRE-S data. The authors gratefully acknowledge the anonymous reviewer for carefully reading the manuscript and providing constructive comments that have led to an improved paper.

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  1. LATMOS-IPSL, Université Paris Saclay, Université Paris VI – Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS/INSU, 11 Boulevard d’Alembert, 78280, Guyancourt, France

    M. Meftah, L. Damé, A. Hauchecorne, A. Irbah, S. Bekki, T. Foujols & R. Thiéblemont

  2. Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Ringlaan 3, 1180, Brussels, Belgium

    D. Bolsée, N. Pereira & G. Cessateur

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Table 3 Spectral Irradiance of the Sun (\(\mbox{mW}\,\mbox{m}^{-2}\,\mbox{nm}^{-1}\)) from 165 to 400 nm.
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Meftah, M., Bolsée, D., Damé, L. et al. Solar Irradiance from 165 to 400 nm in 2008 and UV Variations in Three Spectral Bands During Solar Cycle 24. Sol Phys 291, 3527–3547 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-016-0997-8

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