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Solar UV radiation variations and their stratospheric and climatic effectsNimbus-7 SBUV measurements of the short-term solar UV variations caused by solar rotation and active-region evolution have determined the amplitude and wavelength dependence for the active-region component of solar UV variations. Intermediate-term variations lasting several months are associated with rounds of major new active regions. The UV flux stays near the peak value during the current solar cycle variation for more than two years and peaks about two years later than the sunspot number. Nimbus-7 measurements have observed the concurrent stratospheric ozone variations caused by solar UV variations. There is now no doubt that solar UV variations are an important cause of short- and long-term stratospheric variations, but the strength of the coupling to the troposphere and to climate has not yet been proven.
Document ID
19860025684
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Donnelly, R. F.
(NOAA, Environment Research Laboratory, Boulder CO, United States)
Heath, D. F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Advances in Space Research
Volume: 5
Issue: 6, 19
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
86A10422
Distribution Limits
Public
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