Modeling Solar UV/EUV Irradiance and Ionosphere Variations with Mt. Wilson Magnetic Indices.

摘要

LONG-TERM GOAL. The long term goal for this project is to develope new indicies of solar outputs based on observations of solar magnetic fields made every clear day at the Mt. Wilson Observatory's 150-foot solar tower and to continue the acquisition of these observations. The data reduction is done within hours of at least one observation per day (weather permitting) and the results of the reduction are made available through the worldwide web. The analysis of the past database together with timely dissemination of new data is for the purpose of improving forecasts of the state of the earth s ionosphere in order to better predict the communications enviroment which relies on radio reflections from the various layers of the upper atmosphere.