Solar Radiance Graph

  • Released Friday, December 14, 2001
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Animation of Temperature Response Graph, 1500 - 1998 C.E.

Temperature Response Graph, 1500 - 1998 C.E.

Temperature Response Graph, 1500 - 1998 C.E.

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This page was originally published on Friday, December 14, 2001.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.

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Papers used in this visualization

Lean, J., J. Beer, R. Bradley, Reconstruction of Solar Irradiance Since 1610 - Implications for Climate-change, Geophysical Research Letters, 22, 1995, 3195-3198.

Datasets used in this visualization

  • [GISS GCM]

    ID: 391
    Type: Model Sensor: GISS GCM
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  • Historical Solar Radiance Data

    ID: 568
    Type: Data Compilation

    Total solar irradiance describes the radiant energy emitted by the sun over all wavelengths that falls each second on 1 square meter outside the earth's atmosphere--a quantity proportional to the "solar constant" observed earlier in this century. It measures the solar energy flux in Watts/square meter. The data contains six sets of satellite observations: values from NIMBUS-7, from the Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) spacecraft, from the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS), from the NOAA-9 and 10 platforms, and from the Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS). Measurements span the periods: NIMBUS-7 16 Nov 78-13 Dec 93; SMM 16 Feb 80-01 Jun 89; ERBS 25 Oct 84-21 Dec 94; NOAA-9 23 Jan 85-20 Dec 89; NOAA-10 22 Oct 86-01 Apr 87; UARS 5 Oct 91-30 Sep 94.

    This dataset can be found at: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/SOLAR/IRRADIANCE/irrad.html

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