To be able to use both space - and ground - based
solar magnetograms and construct long time series of derived parameters it is important to cross-calibrate them so that we can estimate their reliability and combine them.
For periods after 1974, they calculate TSI values based on daily measurements of
solar magnetograms.
Not exact matches
Because our main goal is to reproduce the centennial
solar variability and because
magnetograms are unavailable for historical time periods, we scale the faculae and the active network filling factors with the sunspot number instead of using filling factors derived from available
magnetogram data.
Magnetic field indices derived from synoptic
magnetograms of the Mt. Wilson Observatory, i.e. Magnetic Plage Strength Index (MPSI) and Mt. Wilson Sunspot Index (MWSI), are used to study the effects of surface magnetism on total
solar irradiance variability during
solar cycles 21, 22 and 23.