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The paper presents data on flux variations of ionizing EUV radiation for wavelengths shorter than 130 nm and in L-alpha hydrogen line on the basis of measurements performed on-board a Russian Earth-orbiting and interplanetary spacecrafts in the period since 1978 to 1997. These data were received by using common heritage instrumentation installed on four PROGNOZ satellites, INTERBALL-1, PHOBOS, and the geosynchronous meteorological satellite ELECTRO. Though the time series of observations is not continuous, it gives a possibility to estimate flux variations in certain periods of time and during 11–year cycle. During quiet periods of solar activity (except for flares) a level of diurnal variations is rather low, it being equal to about 3%. Radiation changes in L-alpha line from maximum to minimum in an 11–year cycle of solar activity achieves 200% and increases in the range of short waves. Data measured onboard the Russian satellites are compared with data obtained by Solar Mesospheric Explorer.
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Kazachevskaya, T., Nusinov, A. & Gonyukh, D. Solar EUV Flux Variations in 11–Year Solar Activity Cycle According to Measurements On-Board PROGNOZ Satellite Series, INTERBALL-1 and ELECTRO Satellites during 1978–1997 Period. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 42, 92–100 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023344701917
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