Published November 11, 1988
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Journal Article
The Surface Temperature of the Sun and Changes in the Solar Constant
- Creators
- Kuhn, J. R.
- Libbrecht, K. G.
- Dicke, R. H.
Abstract
The solar distortion telescope has been used to measure the limb shape and latitude dependence of the limb brightness during the summer months for a 5-year period - a time base sufficient to detect solar cycle trends in the data. Comparison of these observations with spaceborne measurements of the solar constant suggests that a significant part of the solar cycle variation in irradiance is a result of temporal changes in the latitude-dependent surface temperature of the sun.
Additional Information
© 1988 American Association for the Advancement of Science. Received 25 July 1988; accepted 12 September 1988. This research was supported in part by NSF grant ATM-8604400 and a Sloan Foundation grant to J.R.K.Additional details
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- 53955
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20150121-141626797
- ATM-8604400
- NSF
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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