Characteristics of solar-irradiance spectra from measurements, modeling, and theoretical approach

Gerard Thuillier; Ping Zhu; Martin Snow; Peng Zhang; Xin Ye

doi:10.1038/s41377-022-00750-7

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Characteristics of solar-irradiance spectra from measurements, modeling, and theoretical approach

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- Characteristics of solar-irradiance spectra from measurements, modeling, and theoretical approach
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 11, Issue 4, Pages: 565-579(2022)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos World Radiation Centre (PMOD/WRC), Davos Dorf, Switzerland
  2.Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 3888 Dong Nanhu Road, Changchun, 130033, China
  3.Royal Observatory of Belgium, Av. Circulaire 3, 1180, Brussels, Belgium
  4.Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
  5.South African National Space Agency (SANSA), Hospital Street, Hermanus, 7200, South Africa
  6.University of the Western Cape, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Robert Sobukwe Rd, Belville, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa
  7.National Satellite Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, 100081, China
  8.Innovation Center for FengYun Meteorological Satellite, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, 100081, China
- Author bio：
  
  Ping Zhu (zhuping@oma.be)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-022-00750-7
  CLC：
- Published：30 April 2022，
  
  Published Online：29 March 2022，
  
  Received：09 September 2021，
  
  Revised：14 February 2022，
  
  Accepted：22 February 2022
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Thuillier, G. et al. Characteristics of solar-irradiance spectra from measurements, modeling, and theoretical approach. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 565-579 (2022).
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Thuillier, G. et al. Characteristics of solar-irradiance spectra from measurements, modeling, and theoretical approach. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 565-579 (2022). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-022-00750-7.

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An accurate solar-irradiance spectrum is needed as an input to any planetary atmosphere or climate model. Depending on the spectral characteristics of the chosen model

uncertainties in the irradiance may introduce significant differences in atmospheric and climate predictions. This is why several solar spectral-irradiance data sets have been published during the last decade. They have been obtained by different methods: either measurements from a single instrument or a composite of different spectra

or they are theoretical or semi-empirical solar models. In this paper

these spectral datasets will be compared in terms of irradiance

power per spectral interval

their derived solar-atmosphere brightness temperature

and time series. Whatever the different sources of these spectra are

they generally agree to within their quoted accuracy. The solar-rotation effect simultaneously observed by SORCE and PREMOS–PICARD is accurately measured. The 11-year long-term variability remains a difficult task

given the weak activity of solar cycle 24 and long-term instrument aging.

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