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Total Solar Irradiance (TSI): Measurements and Reconstructions

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This chapter focuses on total solar irradiance (TSI) . It gives a very brief idea about their measurements and reconstructions. It also discussed different TSI, e.g. Solanki and Krivova, Foster and Hoyt and Schatten.

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Roy, I. (2018). Total Solar Irradiance (TSI): Measurements and Reconstructions. In: Climate Variability and Sunspot Activity. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77107-6_6

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