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A strong correlation was found between the dips in the total solar irradiance and the peaks in the active sunspot areas as well as in the 260 MHz coronal radio flux. This connection might indicate that Alfvén-waves, generated during the interaction of the magnetic fields of the active sunspot groups with the convection, are able to transport away part of the missing energy in the solar constant decreases. These waves can heat the solar corona above the sunspot groups. Another part of the missing energy could be re-radiated later, for example during the decay of the active regions.
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Pap, J. Variation of the solar constant connected with the coronal activity. Sol Phys 109, 373–386 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00160660
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