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R.J. MacDowall M.L. Kaiser M.D. Desch W.M. Farrell R.A. Hess R.G. Stone 《Planetary and Space Science》1993,41(11-12)
The Ulysses flyby of Jupiter has permitted the detection of a variety of quasiperiodic magnetospheric phenomena. In this paper, Unified Radio and Plasma Wave Experiment (URAP) observations of quasiperiodic radio bursts are presented. There appear to be two preferred periods of short-term variability in the Jovian magnetosphere, as indicated by two classes of bursts, one with 40 min periodicity, the other with 15 min periodicity. The URAP radio direction determination capability provides clear evidence that the 40 min bursts originate near the southern Jovian magnetic pole, whereas the source location of the 15 min bursts remains uncertain. These bursts may be the signatures of quasiperiodic electron acceleration in the Jovian magnetosphere; however, only the 40 min bursts occur in association with observed electron bursts of similar periodicity. Both classes of bursts show some evidence of solar wind control. In particular, the onset of enhanced 40 min burst activity is well correlated with the arrival of high-velocity solar wind streams at Jupiter, thereby providing a remote monitor of solar wind conditions at Jupiter. 相似文献
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Gerhard Schmidtke 《Solar physics》1981,74(1):251-263
The solar irradiance below 120 nm was first predicted by astronomers. Since its accurate measurement required the solution of a variety of technological problems, little is known about the variability before 1972, though for more than two decades data have been collected. Therefore, on a quantitative basis only a very rough picture can be given for the solar cycle 19. Also, not enough data with sufficient absolute accuracy are available to describe the solar EUV flux variations of the solar cycle 20, especially during the period of solar maximum. However, due to technological improvements of space and laboratory instrumentations, an almost complete set of data has been obtained from 1972 to date. These observations exhibit strong differences of the flux variations from solar cycle 20 to 21. - For the theoretical and for semi-empirical treatments of many aeronomic processes controlled by the solar EUV radiation, its adequate representation e.g. as indices is required. The problems involved and possible solutions are discussed. Results from some relevant aeronomically oriented computations based on variable solar EUV fluxes are presented.Proceedings of the 14th ESLAB Symposium on Physics of Solar Variations, 16–19 September 1980, Scheveningen, The Netherlands. 相似文献
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G. Thuillier M. DeLand A. Shapiro W. Schmutz D. Bolsée S. M. L. Melo 《Solar physics》2012,277(2):245-266
We present a new method to reconstruct the solar spectrum irradiance in the Ly α – 400 nm region, and its variability, based on the Mg ii index and neutron-monitor measurements. Measurements of the solar spectral irradiance available in the literature have been
made with different instruments at different times and different spectral ranges. However, climate studies require harmonised
data sets. This new approach has the advantage of being independent of the absolute calibration and aging of the instruments.
First, the Mg ii index is derived using solar spectra from Ly α (121 nm) to 410 nm measured from 1978 to 2010 by several space missions. The variability of the spectra with respect to a
chosen reference spectrum as a function of time and wavelength is scaled to the derived Mg ii index. The set of coefficients expressing the spectral variability can be applied to the chosen reference spectrum to reconstruct
the solar spectra within a given time frame or Mg ii index values. The accuracy of this method is estimated using two approaches: direct comparison with particular cases where
solar spectra are available from independent measurements, and calculating the standard deviation between the measured spectra
and their reconstruction. From direct comparisons with measurements we obtain an accuracy of about 1 to 2%, which degrades
towards Ly α. In a further step, we extend our solar spectral-irradiance reconstruction back to the Maunder Minimum introducing the relationship
between the Mg ii index and the neutron-monitor data. Consistent measurements of the Mg ii index are not available prior to 1978. However, we remark that over the last three solar cycles, the Mg ii index shows strong correlation with the modulation potential determined from the neutron-monitor data. Assuming that this
correlation can be applied to the past, we reconstruct the Mg ii index from the modulation potential back to the Maunder Minimum, and obtain the corresponding solar spectral-irradiance reconstruction
back to that period. As there is no direct measurement of the spectral irradiance for this period we discuss this methodology
in light of the other proposed approaches available in the literature. The use of the cosmogenic-isotope data provides a major
advantage: it provides information about solar activity over several thousands years. Using technology of today, we can calibrate
the solar irradiance against activity and thus reconstruct it for the times when cosmogenic-isotope data are available. This
calibration can be re-assessed at any time, if necessary. 相似文献
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Solar variability is often cast in terms of radiative emission and the associated long-term climate response; however, growing
societal reliance on technology is creating more interest in day-to-day solar variability. This variability is associated with both solar radiative and solar wind emissions. In this paper we explore
the combined effects of radiative and solar wind fluctuations at Earth. The fluctuations in radiative and geomagnetic power
create an extended interval of solar maximum for the upper atmosphere. We use a trio of empirical models to estimate, over
the last three solar cycles, the relative contributions of solar extreme ultraviolet (UV) power, Joule power, and particle
kinetic power to the Earth’s upper atmosphere energy budget. Daily power values are derived from three source models. The
SOLAR2000 solar irradiance specification model provides estimates of the daily extreme and far UV solar power input. Geomagnetic
power is derived from a combination of satellite-estimated particle precipitation power and an empirical model of Joule power
from hemispherically integrated estimates of high-latitude energy deposition. During the interval 1975 to 2003, the average
daily contributions were: particles – 36 GW, Joule – 95 GW and solar – 464 GW for a total of 595 GW. Solar wind-driven geomagnetic
power provided 22% of the total global upper atmospheric energy. In the top 15 power events, geomagnetic power contributed
two-thirds of the total power budget. In each of these events, Joule power alone exceeded solar power. With rising activity,
Joule power becomes the most variable element of solar upper atmosphere interactions. 相似文献
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Richard C. Willson 《Solar physics》1981,74(1):217-229
Pyrheliometry, definition of the radiation scale in the International System of Units and monitoring the variability of solar total irradiance have been a focus of research at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since the mid 1960's. A series of automated, electrically self-calibrating, cavity pyrheliometers known as Active Cavity Radiometers (ACR's) was developed as part of this program. A series of ground based experiments in 1968–69 led to the discovery of a systematic error in the International Pyrheliometric Scale. ACR's were among the instruments used to define the World Radiometric Reference in 1975.ACR flight experiments have been conducted to determine the 1 AU total solar irradiance and monitor its variability in time. A 1969 balloon experiment yielded a 1366 W m-2 result. The value from a 1976 sounding rocket experiment was 1368.1 W m-2. The results for two additional rocket experiments in 1978 and 80, revised in accordance with recent calibrations of ACR response to elevated pressures during these flights are: 1367.6 and 1367.8 W m-2, respectively. An ACR experiment (ACRIM) on the Solar Maximum Mission satellite has shown continuous variability of the total solar flux below the ±0.05% level and two large, temporary decreases of 0.1–0.2% lasting more than a week. The mean 1 AU total flux for ACRIM's first five months' observations was 1367.7 W m-2. Inflight comparison of ACR rocket and satellite measurements in May, 1980 demonstrated agreement to within ±0.05%. The 1 AU total solar irradiance results from ACR rocket and satellite experiments between 1976 and 1980 differ from their mean of 1367.8 W m-2 by no more than ±0.02%. The less precise 1969 balloon result is 0.1% lower. Although no observations were made from 1970–75, if solar behaviour in those five years was similar to that observed since 1976 then the upper limits of long term solar total irradiance variability are ±0.2% for the 1969–1980 period and ±0.1% between 1976 and 1980, based on the set of ACR observations.Proceedings of the 14th ESLAB Symposium on Physics of Solar Variations, 16–19 September 1980, Scheveningen, The Netherlands. 相似文献
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Following many solar flares, electrons with kinetic energy > 40 keV appear in interplanetary space. There are two classes of such electrons: prompt electrons which arrive within an hour of the flare and delayed electrons which arrive about a day following the flare. The promptly arriving electrons are found to be of two types: Simple (S) events are associated with solar flares which occur in the absence of large area Type I radio noise storm and the complex (C) events resulting from flares beneath these large radio noise regions. The propagation of energetic solar flare electrons to the earth is best described in terms of cones of propagation. In the S-events the cones have about 30° opening angle whereas in the C-type events the cones open to about 90° full angle. Outside the boundaries of these cones the electron flux is much reduced. Within the cones there is a net streaming of the electrons away from the sun. Solar flare electron fluxes do not show filamentary structure even at times when protons from the same flare do. This suggests that the electrons are injected into the interplanetary field from regions distinct from the proton injection region. The delayed solar electron events are accompanied by large fluxes of protons > 500 keV. These events are sometimes closely related to a sudden commencement. 相似文献
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C. J. Wolfson 《Solar physics》1982,76(2):377-386
Detailed examination of the variations in the intensity of soft X-ray emission prior to many solar flares are presented. In addition, these preflare intensity variations are contrasted with the variations typically observed for the same active regions in the absence of a flare. It is shown that a 5–20 min preflare brightening phase is not typically observed. These observations are discussed in context with other complimentary investigations and theoretical models. 相似文献
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The solar spectral irradiance (SSI) dataset is a key record for studying and understanding the energetics and radiation balance in Earth’s environment. Understanding the long-term variations of the SSI over timescales of the 11-year solar activity cycle and longer is critical for many Sun–Earth research topics. Satellite measurements of the SSI have been made since the 1970s, most of them in the ultraviolet, but recently also in the visible and near-infrared. A limiting factor for the accuracy of previous solar variability results is the uncertainties for the instrument degradation corrections, which need fairly large corrections relative to the amount of solar cycle variability at some wavelengths. The primary objective of this investigation has been to separate out solar cycle variability and any residual uncorrected instrumental trends in the SSI measurements from the Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) mission and the Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Energetic, and Dynamics (TIMED) mission. A new technique called the Multiple Same-Irradiance-Level (MuSIL) analysis has been developed, which examines an SSI time series at different levels of solar activity to provide long-term trends in an SSI record, and the most common result is a downward trend that most likely stems from uncorrected instrument degradation. This technique has been applied to each wavelength in the SSI records from SORCE (2003?–?present) and TIMED (2002?–?present) to provide new solar cycle variability results between 27 nm and 1600 nm with a resolution of about 1 nm at most wavelengths. This technique, which was validated with the highly accurate total solar irradiance (TSI) record, has an estimated relative uncertainty of about 5% of the measured solar cycle variability. The MuSIL results are further validated with the comparison of the new solar cycle variability results from different solar cycles. 相似文献
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H. P. Jones G. A. Chapman K. L. Harvey J. M. Pap D. G. Preminger M. J. Turmon S. R. Walton 《Solar physics》2008,248(2):323-337
Physical understanding of total and spectral solar irradiance variation depends upon establishing a connection between the
temporal variability of spatially resolved solar structures and spacecraft observations of irradiance. One difficulty in comparing
models derived from different data sets is that the many ways for identifying solar features such as faculae, sunspots, quiet
Sun, and various types of “network” are not necessarily consistent. To learn more about classification differences and how
they affect irradiance models, feature “masks” are compared as derived from five current methods: multidimensional histogram
analysis of NASA/National Solar Observatory/Kitt Peak spectromagnetograph data, statistical pattern recognition applied to
SOHO/Michelson Doppler Imager photograms and magnetograms, threshold masks allowing for influence of spatial surroundings
applied to NSO magnetograms, and “one-trigger” and “three-trigger” algorithms applied to California State University at Northridge
Cartesian Full Disk Telescope intensity observations. In general all of the methods point to the same areas of the Sun for
labeling sunspots and active-region faculae, and available time series of area measurements from the methods correlate well
with each other and with solar irradiance. However, some methods include larger label sets, and there are important differences
in detail, with measurements of sunspot area differing by as much as a factor of two. The methods differ substantially regarding
inclusion of fine spatial scale in the feature definitions. The implications of these differences for modeling solar irradiance
variation are discussed.
K.L. Harvey and S.R. Walton are deseased, to whom this paper is dedicated. 相似文献
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Data of hourly interplanetary plasma (field magnitude, solar wind speed, and ion density), solar (sunspot number, solar radio
flux), and geomagnetic indices (Kp, Ap) over the period 1970-2010, have been used to examine the asymmetry between the solar
field north and south of the heliospheric current sheet (HCS). A persistent yearly north-south asymmetry of the field magnitude
is clear over the considered period, and there is no magnetic solar cycle dependence. There is a weak N-S asymmetry in the
averaged solar wind speed, exhibited well at times of maximum solar activities. The solar plasma is more dense north of the
current sheet than south of it during the second negative solar polarity epoch (qA < 0). Moreover, the N - S asymmetry in solar activity (Rz) can be statistically highly significant. The sign of the average N - S asymmetry depends upon the solar magnetic polarity.
The annual magnitudes of N - S asymmetry depend positively on the solar magnetic cycle. Most of the solar radio flux asymmetries
occurred during the period of positive IMF polarity. 相似文献
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Using NSO/Kitt Peak synoptic charts from 1975 to 2003, we group the main solar magnetic fields into two categories: one for
active regions (ARs) and the other for extended bipolar regions (EBRs). Comparing them, we find that there exist three typical
characteristics in the variability of EBRs: First, there exists a correlation between ARs and EBRs. The phase of EBR flux
has a delay nearly two CRs. Second, we find that the EBR flux has two prominent periods at 1.79 years and 3.21 years. The
1.79-year period seems to only belong to large-scale magnetic features. Lastly, the North – South asymmetry of EBR flux is
not very significant on a time scale of one solar cycle. However, during solar maxima, its dominance is found to shift from
one hemisphere to the other. 相似文献
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S. Vennerstrom 《Icarus》2011,215(1):234-241
Based on data from the Mars Global Surveyor magnetometer we examine periods of significantly enhanced magnetic disturbances in the martian space environment. Using almost seven years of observations during the maximum and early declining phase of the previous solar cycle the occurrence pattern and typical time profile of such periods is investigated and compared to solar wind measurements at Earth. Typical durations of the events are 20-40 h, and there is a tendency for large events to last longer, but a large spread in duration and intensity are found. The large and medium intensity events at Mars are found to occur predominantly in association with interplanetary sector boundaries, with solar wind dynamic pressure enhancements being the most likely interplanetary driver. In addition it is found that, on time scales of months to several years, the dominant cause of global variability of the magnetic field disturbance at Mars is solar wind dynamic pressure variations associated with the eccentricity of the martian orbit around the Sun. 相似文献
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We have used neutron monitor data covering a wide range of energy over a period of 22 years (1966–1987), as well as sea-level multidirectional meson telescope data from Nagoya to examine the latitude effect of solar diurnal vectors and its dependence on the polarity of interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). By sorting the daily cosmic-ray data according to whether the IMF is toward (T) or away (A) from the Sun, the annual mean solar diurnal variations (amplitude and phase) for the T and A days were determined separately. Results showed a northward-pointing latitudinal gradient from neutron monitors of the most northerly latitudes, and a predominant southward gradient at high southerly latitudes. The resultant latitudinal cosmic-ray gradients are the sum of two gradients: a north-south symmetry gradient (occurring in minimum and maximum solar activity years), and a north-south asymmetry gradient (occurring during different phases of solar activity cycles). The difference vector (T - A) between the solar diurnal vector for two groups was calculated, which represents a good indicator for the resultant perpendicular gradient relative to the Earth. This difference vector shows a considerable change in phase for detectors located in the northern hemisphere of the Earth. On the other hand, there exists much less change in phase for detectors located in the southern hemisphere. 相似文献
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Valérie Wilquet Rachel Drummond Arnaud Mahieux Séverine Robert Ann Carine Vandaele Jean-Loup Bertaux 《Icarus》2012,217(2):875-881
The variability of the aerosol loading in the mesosphere of Venus is investigated from a large data set obtained with SOIR, a channel of the SPICAV instrument suite onboard Venus Express. Vertical profiles of the extinction due to light absorption by aerosols are retrieved from a spectral window around 3.0 μm recorded in many solar occultations (~200) from September 2006 to September 2010. For this period, the continuum of light absorption is analyzed in terms of spatial and temporal variations of the upper haze of Venus. It is shown that there is a high short-term (a few Earth days) and a long-term (~80 Earth days) variability of the extinction profiles within the data set. Latitudinal dependency of the aerosol loading is presented for the entire period considered and for shorter periods of time as well. 相似文献
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Electromagnetic radiation from the Sun is Earths primary energy source. Space-based radiometric measurements in the past two decades have begun to establish the nature, magnitude and origins of its variability. An 11-year cycle with peak-to-peak amplitude of order 0.1 % is now well established in recent total solar irradiance observations, as are larger variations of order 0.2 % associated with the Suns 27-day rotation period. The ultraviolet, visible and infrared spectral regions all participate in these variations, with larger changes at shorter wavelengths. Linkages of solar radiative output variations with solar magnetism are clearly identified. Active regions alter the local radiance, and their wavelength-dependent contrasts relative to the quiet Sun control the relative spectrum of irradiance variability. Solar radiative output also responds to sub-surface convection and to eruptive events on the Sun. On the shortest time scales, total irradiance exhibits five minute fluctuations of amplitude
%, and can increase to as much as 0.015 % during the very largest solar flares. Unknown is whether multi-decadal changes in solar activity produce longer-term irradiance variations larger than observed thus far in the contemporary epoch. Empirical associations with solar activity proxies suggest reduced total solar irradiance during the anomalously low activity in the seventeenth century Maunder Minimum relative to the present. Uncertainties in understanding the physical relationships between direct magnetic modulation of solar radiative output and heliospheric modulation of cosmogenic proxies preclude definitive historical irradiance estimates, as yet.Received: 26 August 2004, Published online: 16 November 2004
Correspondence to: Claus Fröhlich 相似文献
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P.A. Dalin G.N. Zastenker K.I. Paularena J.D. Richardson 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2001,277(1-2):323-324
Solar wind measurements on board several spacecraft were used to study the two-points correlations of the solar wind plasma
structures. The factor shaving the most influence on the correlation level are the density variability and IMF cone angle.
The characteristic length of large solar wind structures is estimated at 500–1000 R
E.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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FIRST RESULTS FROM VIRGO,THE EXPERIMENT FOR HELIOSEISMOLOGY AND SOLAR IRRADIANCE MONITORING ON SOHO 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Fröhlich Claus Andersen Bo N. Appourchaux Thierry Berthomieu Gabrielle Crommelynck Dominique A. Domingo Vicente Fichot Alain Finsterle Wolfgang Gómez Maria F. Gough Douglas Jiménez Antonio Leifsen Torben Lombaerts Marc Pap Judit M. Provost Janine Roca Cortés Teodoro Romero José Roth Hansjörg Sekii Takashi Telljohann Udo Toutain Thierry Wehrli Christoph 《Solar physics》1997,170(1):1-25
First results from the VIRGO experiment (Variability of solar IRradiance and Gravity Oscillations) on the ESA/NASA Mission SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) are reported. The observations started mid-January 1996 for the radiometers and sunphotometers and near the end of March for the luminosity oscillation imager. The performance of all the instruments is very good, and the time series of the first 4–6 months are evaluated in terms of solar irradiance variability, solar background noise characteristics and p-mode oscillations. The solar irradiance is modulated by the passage of active regions across the disk, but not all of the modulation is straightforwardly explained in terms of sunspot flux blocking and facular enhancement. Helioseismic inversions of the observed p-mode frequencies are more-or-less in agreement with the latest standard solar models. The comparison of VIRGO results with earlier ones shows evidence that magnetic activity plays a significant role in the dynamics of the oscillations beyond its modulation of the resonant frequencies. Moreover, by comparing the amplitudes of different components ofp -mode multiplets, each of which are influenced differently by spatial inhomogeneity, we have found that activity enhances excitation. 相似文献
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The autocorrelation functions of the solar wind velocity and of the IMF components as well as of the geomagnetic activity indices are studied for two periods: August–December, 1965 and January–May, 1974. The vertical component of the IMF is shown to exhibit a rather definite recurrency relatively independent of the recurrency of the solar wind velocity.The daily mean values of the Z-component of the IMF are shown to correlate ( = -0.5) with the intensity of the meridional component of the large scale solar magnetic field with time delay of about 5 days with respect to the latter. This result is interpreted as an evidence for the Z- component of the IMF to be carried away by the solar wind from the Sun. 相似文献
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P. Janardhan 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》2006,27(2-3):201-207
At the Sun-Earth distance of one astronomical unit (1 AU), the solar wind is known to be strongly supersonic and super Alfvenic
with Mach and Alfven numbers being on average 12 and 9 respectively. Also, solar wind densities (average ∼10cm-3) and velocities (average ∼450kms-1) at 1AU, are known to be inversely correlated with low velocities having higher than average densities andvice versa. However, on May 11 and 12 1999 the Earth was engulfed by an unusually low density (< 0.1cm-3) and low velocity (< 350km s-1) solar wind with an Alfven Mach number significantly less than 1. This was a unique low-velocity, low-density, sub-Alfvénic
solar wind flow which spacecraft observations have shown lasted more than 24 hours. One consequence of this extremely tenuous
solar wind was a spectacular expansion of the Earth’s magnetosphere and bow shock. The expanding bow shock was observed by
several spacecraft and reached record upstream distances of nearly 60 Earth radii, the lunar orbit. The event was so dramatic
that it has come to be known asthe solar wind disappearance event. Though extensive studies of this event were made by many authors in the past, it has only been recently shown that the unusual
solar wind flows characterizing this event originated from a small coronal hole in the vicinity of a large active region on
the Sun. These recent results have put to rest speculation that such events are associated with global phenomenon like the
periodic solar polar field reversal that occurs at the maximum of each solar cycle. In this paper we revisit the 11 May 1999
event, look at other disappearance events that have ocurred in the past, examine the reasons why speculations about the association
of such events with global phenomena like solar polar field reversals were made and also examine the role of transient coronal
holes as a possible solar source for such events. 相似文献
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Thomas N. Woods Phillip C. Chamberlin W. K. Peterson R. R. Meier Phil G. Richards Douglas J. Strickland Gang Lu Liying Qian Stanley C. Solomon B. A. Iijima A. J. Mannucci B. T. Tsurutani 《Solar physics》2008,250(2):235-267
Solar soft X-ray (XUV) radiation is highly variable on all time scales and strongly affects Earth’s ionosphere and upper atmosphere;
consequently, the solar XUV irradiance is important for atmospheric studies and for space weather applications. Although there
have been several recent measurements of the solar XUV irradiance, detailed understanding of the solar XUV irradiance, especially
its variability during flares, has been hampered by the broad bands measured in the XUV range. In particular, the simple conversion
of the XUV photometer signal into irradiance, in which a static solar spectrum is assumed, overestimates the flare variations
by more than a factor of two as compared to the atmospheric response to the flares. To address this deficiency in the simple
conversion, an improved algorithm using CHIANTI spectral models has been developed to process the XUV Photometer System (XPS)
measurements with its broadband photometers. Model spectra representative of quiet Sun, active region, and flares are combined
to match the signals from the XPS and produce spectra from 0.1 to 40 nm in 0.1-nm intervals for the XPS Level 4 data product.
The two XPS instruments are aboard NASA’s Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) and Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics, and Dynamics (TIMED) satellites. In addition, the XPS responsivities have been updated for the latest XPS data processing version. The
new XPS results are consistent with daily variations from the previous simple conversion technique used for XPS and are also
consistent with spectral measurements made at wavelengths longer than 27 nm. Most importantly, the XPS flare variations are
reduced by factors of 2 – 4 at wavelengths shorter than 14 nm and are more consistent, for the first time, with atmospheric
response to solar flares. Along with the details of the new XPS algorithm, several comparisons to dayglow and photoelectron
measurements and model results are also presented to help verify the accuracy of the new XUV irradiance spectra. 相似文献