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Cebula et al. 1992
Cebula, R.P., DeLand, M.T. and Schlesinger, B.M. (1992). Estimates of solar variability using the solar backscatter ultraviolet (SBUV) 2 Mg II index from the NOAA 9 satellite. Journal of Geophysical Research 97: doi: 10.1029/92JD00893. issn: 0148-0227.

The Mg II core to wing index was first developed for the Nimbus 7 solar backscatter ultraviolet (SBUV) instrument as an indicator of solar variability on both solar 27-day rotational and solar cycle time scales. This work extends the Mg II index to the NOAA 9 SBUV 2 instrument and shows that the variations in absolute value between Mg II index data sets caused by interinstrument difference do not affect the ability to track temporal variations. The NOAA 9 Mg II index accurately represents solar rotational modulation but contains more day to day noise than the Nimbus 7 Mg II index. Solar variability at other UV wavelengths is estimated by deriving scale factors between the Mg II index rotational variations and at those selected wavelengths. Because radiation near the Mg II line core originates at levels in the solar atmosphere comparable to those giving rise to the continuum near 200 nm, the Mg II index accurately tracks the flux in this photochemically important region. Based on the 27-day average of the NOAA 9 Mg II index and the NOAA 9 scale factors, the solar irradiance change from solar minimum in September 1986 to the beginning of the maximum of solar cycle 22 in 1989 is estimated to be 8.6% at 205 nm, 3.5% at 250 nm, and less than 1% beyond 300 nm. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1992

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Middle atmosphere—composition and chemistry, Solar Physics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy, Ultraviolet emissions, Solar Physics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy, Instruments and techniques
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