GSICS Reference Solar Spectrum

GSICS/CEOS Reference Solar Spectrum Datasets

1. Whole Heliosphere Interval spectrum is an observationally-based spectrum covering 0.1 nm to 2400 nm at 0.1-nm spacing (although that’s smaller than the instrument resolution in some spectral regions) for a time representing solar minimum as based on observations during the 10-16 April 2008 period from multiple instruments. This is thought to supersede Thullier's traditional ATLAS spectrum for accuracy.

Dataset: ref_solar_irradiance_whi-2008_ver2.dat

Reference: Woods, T. N., P. C. Chamberlin, J. W. Harder, R. Hock, M. Snow, F. G. Eparvier, J. Fontenla, W. E. McClintock, and E. C. Richard, Solar Irradiance Reference Spectra (SIRS) for the 2008 Whole Heliosphere Interval (WHI), Geophys. Res. Lett., 2008.

Contact: Greg Kopp

2. SAO2010 spectrum. Observationally based using a combination of several ground-, balloon-, and space-based instruments and covers the spectral region from 200 to 1001 nm with 0.04-nm resolution, thanks to the KPNO FTS. Accuracy is about 5%.

Dataset: https ://www.cfa.harvard.edu/atmosphere/links/sao2010.solref.converted

Reference: Chance, K.; Kurucz, R. L., An improved high-resolution solar reference spectrum for earth's atmosphere measurements in the ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, vol. 111, issue 9, pp. 1289-1295

Contact: Greg Kopp

3. Solar Radiation Physical Modeling (SRPM), A computationally-based reference spectrum covering 200 nm to 100 microns. This model is representative of the quiet Sun.

Dataset: http ://lasp.colorado.edu/lisird/srpm/

Reference: Fontenla, J.M., Curdt, W., Haberreiter, M., Harder, J., and Tian H., Semiempirical models of the solar atmosphere. III. Set of Non-LTE Models for Far-Ultraviolet/Extreme-Ultraviolet Irradiance Computation, ApJ, 707, 482-502, doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/707/1/482, 2009.

Contact: Greg Kopp

4. SCIAMACHY solar spectrum is in preparation.

Dataset:

Reference:

Contact: Matthijs Krijger

5.SOLSPEC solar spectrum The Infrared Solar Spectrum Measured by the SOLSPEC Spectrometer Onboard the International Space Station.

Dataset: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01164266

Reference: Gerard Thuillier, J. W. Harder, A. Shapiro, T. N. Woods, J.-M. Perrin, et al.. The Infrared Solar Spectrum Measured by the SOLSPEC Spectrometer Onboard the International Space Station. Solar Physics, Springer Verlag, 2015, 290 (6), pp.1581-1600. <10.1007/s11207-015-0704-1>. <insu-01164266>

Contact: Steven Dewitte

6. Aura/OMI, SORCE SIM, SORCE SOLTICE solar spectrum comparison.

Dataset: (http://lasp.colorado.edu/media/projects/SORCE/meetings/2015/presentations/Session%204/g_Marchenko_sun_climate_symp_omi_ssi.pdf)

Reference: Marchenko, S.V., and M. T. Deland, Solar Spectral Irradiance Changes During Cycle 24, 2014, The Astrophysical Journal, 789:117 (17pp), 2014 July 10, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/789/2/117, (http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20140012675.pdf)

Contact: Larry Flynn

-- TimHewison - 23 Nov 2016