We present a synthetic spectral analysis of nearly the entire far ultravioletInternational Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) archive of spectra of dwarf novae inor near outburst. The study includes 46 systems of all dwarf nova subtypes bothabove and below the period gap. The spectra were uniformly analyzed usingsynthetic spectral codes for optically thick accretion disks and stellarphotospheres along with the best-available distance measurements or estimates.We present newly estimated accretion rates and discuss the implications of ourstudy for disk accretion physics and CV evolution.
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