The Mechanisms of Solar Variability (MSV) program
Abstract
The Mechanisms of Solar Variability (MSV) Program aims toward understanding physical causes of variations in the radiative, magnetic, and particle emissions from the Sun. Solar particle and field variations influence the interplanetary medium and the magnetosphere; UV and X-ray variations affect the Earth's upper atmosphere; and total irradiance variations are a possibly significant perturber of tropospheric climate. Solar magnetic variability provides a close-up arena for studying important but otherwise unobservable astrophysical phenomena as well. The MSV program will advance our understanding of the causes of solar variability through high angular resolution observations of the interaction of solar surface magnetic fields and convective motions, as well as related x-ray, ultraviolet, and visible brightness variations. Through these high resolution studies, MSV will complement national programs aimed at monitoring integrated solar outputs, thus contributing to the better understanding and ultimate predictability of global solar variability.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- March 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993STIN...9328585L
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Circulation;
- Climate;
- Convection Currents;
- Solar Activity;
- Solar Corona;
- Solar Flares;
- Solar Magnetic Field;
- Solar Radiation;
- Solar X-Rays;
- Ultraviolet Emission;
- Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Variability;
- Brightness;
- Interplanetary Medium;
- Irradiance;
- Magnetic Fields;
- Particle Emission;
- Solar Physics