Solar Constant: Constraints on Possible Variations Derived from Solar Diameter Measurements
- 22 June 1979
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 204 (4399) , 1306-1308
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.204.4399.1306
Abstract
Climatically significant variation of the solar constant (the energy output of the sun) implies measurable change in the solar radius. The available data limit variations of the solar radius between 1850 and 1937 to about 0.25 arc second; modeling of the sun indicates that the solar constant did not vary by more than 0.3 percent during that time.Keywords
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