Ultraviolet Solar Irradiance Measurement from 200-NM to 358-NM during SPACELAB-1 Mission
Abstract
The paper presents the results obtained from the UV-spectrometer of the `Solar Spectrum Experiment' during the Spacelab 1 mission in December 1983. The irradiance data concern 492 passbands, which are located between 200 and 358 nm at almost equidistant wavelengths separated by about 0.3 nm. The passbands have a well-defined, bell-shaped profile with a full width at half maximum of about 1.3 nm. The data, which have an error budget between 4 and 5%, agree closely with the spectral distributions observed by Heath (1980) and Mentall et al. (1981) and confirm that the solar irradiance and the fluxes of Sun-like stars show about the same spectral distribution down to at least 240 nm.
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- September 1987
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00152019
- Bibcode:
- 1987SoPh..107..203L
- Keywords:
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- Calibrating;
- Solar Flux Density;
- Solar Spectra;
- Spacecraft Instruments;
- Spacelab;
- Ultraviolet Spectrometers;
- Black Body Radiation;
- Earth Atmosphere;
- Iue;
- Solar Physics;
- Full Width;
- Half Maximum;
- Spectrum Experiment;
- Solar Irradiance;
- Spectral Distribution