Solar Irradiance Variability and Climate

Solar Forecasting System and Irradiance Variability Characterization

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Studying Solar Irradiance Variability With Wavelet Technique

The detection of variations in solar irradiance by satellitebased experiments during the last 17 years stimulated modelling e orts to help to identify their causes and to provide estimates for irradiance data when no satellite observations exist. Because of the lack of quantitative physical models of solar irradiance, the current empirical models have been developed with linear regression analy...

Can solar irradiance reduction counteract climate change?

H. Schmidt, K. Alterskjær, D. Bou Karam, O. Boucher, A. Jones, J. E. Kristjansson, U. Niemeier, M. Schulz, A. Aaheim, F. Benduhn, M. Lawrence, and C. Timmreck Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l’Environnement, CEA, CNRS, UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK Norwegian Meteorol...

Recent variability of the solar spectral irradiance and its impact on climate modelling

The lack of long and reliable time series of solar spectral irradiance (SSI) measurements makes an accurate quantification of solar contributions to recent climate change difficult. Whereas earlier SSI observations and models provided a qualitatively consistent picture of the SSI variability, recent measurements by the SORCE (SOlar Radiation and Climate Experiment) satellite suggest a significa...

Solar Variability and Climate Cycles