Status of the SOLAR2000 solar irradiance model

Authors
Citation
Wk. Tobiska, Status of the SOLAR2000 solar irradiance model, PHYS CH P C, 25(5-6), 2000, pp. 383-386
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE EARTH PART C-SOLAR-TERRESTIAL AND PLANETARY SCIENCE
ISSN journal
14641917 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
383 - 386
Database
ISI
SICI code
1464-1917(2000)25:5-6<383:SOTSSI>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
SOLAR2000 is a collaborative project for accurately characterizing solar ir radiance variability across the full spectrum. The SOLAR2000 model is being developed as an image- and full-disk proxy empirical solar irradiance mode l covering the spectral range of 1-10,000 nm at 1 nm resolution starting in 1947. The overarching scientific goal of the project is to understand how the Sun varies spectrally and through time from the X-rays to infrared wave lengths by providing a self-consistent solar spectrum derived from space-ba sed measurements. The model is used as a fundamental energy input for plane tary atmosphere models and as a baseline for first principles solar models. it is a tool to specify the solar radiation component of the space environ ment and will be compliant with the International Standards Organization (I SO) solar irradiance standard. SOLAR2000 is being developed in five (spectr al range) phases and five forecast time scales for research, contract, oper ations, and commercial grades of the model. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.