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A Summary of the Joint Discussion at Patras on Solar Luminosity Variations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

J. Eddy  and
P. Foukal

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The most interesting result in solar luminosity studies in the past decade has been the detection of significant variations in the total irradiance by precision radiometers on the NIMBUS-7 and SMM spacecraft. A substantial fraction of the observed variation can be attributed to sunspot blocking. Thermal storage models indicate that the blocked flux can be stored in a slight increase of the thermal and potential energy of the convective zone. The thermal storage time is likely to far exceed one solar activity cycle, implying an 11-year modulation of the solar constant at a level of about 0.1%. Direct observations of the 11-year or longer variations are more difficult but there is some evidence for secular trends below about 0.4% amplitude over the 14-year period of modern sampling. Ongoing stellar photometric programs suggest that luminosity changes exceeding 1% may have been detected in young, chromospherically active stars.

H. S. Hudson (University of California, San Diego) reviewed observations of short-term solar irradiance variations from spacecraft, commenting principally on the precision measurements of the solar constant (S) made by the Active Cavity Radiometer (ACRIM) on the Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) spacecraft (Willson et al., 1981).

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Joint Discussions
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Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 6 , 1983 , pp. 75 - 94
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Copyright © Reidel 1983

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