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The Revised Sunspot Record in Comparison to Cosmogenic Radionuclide-Based Solar Activity Reconstructions

Muscheler, Raimund LU orcid ; Adolphi, Florian LU ; Herbst, Konstantin LU and Nilsson, Andreas LU (2016) In Solar Physics 291(9-10). p.3025-3043
Abstract

Recent revisions in the sunspot records illustrate the challenges related to obtaining a 400-year-long observational record of past solar-activity changes. Cosmogenic radionuclides offer the possibility of obtaining an alternative and completely independent record of solar variability. Here, we illustrate that these records offer great potential for quantitative solar-activity reconstructions far back into the past, and we provide updated radionuclide-based solar-activity reconstructions for the past 2000 years. However, cosmogenic-radionuclide records are also influenced by processes independent of solar activity, leading to the need for critical assessment and correction for the non-solar influences. Independent of these... (More)

Recent revisions in the sunspot records illustrate the challenges related to obtaining a 400-year-long observational record of past solar-activity changes. Cosmogenic radionuclides offer the possibility of obtaining an alternative and completely independent record of solar variability. Here, we illustrate that these records offer great potential for quantitative solar-activity reconstructions far back into the past, and we provide updated radionuclide-based solar-activity reconstructions for the past 2000 years. However, cosmogenic-radionuclide records are also influenced by processes independent of solar activity, leading to the need for critical assessment and correction for the non-solar influences. Independent of these uncertainties, we show a very good agreement between the revised sunspot records and the 10Be records from Antarctica and, in particular, the 14C-based solar-activity reconstructions. This comparison offers the potential of identifying remaining non-solar processes in the radionuclide-based solar-activity reconstructions, but it also helps identifying remaining biases in the recently revised sunspot records.

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Be, C, Cosmogenic radionuclides, Solar modulation, Solar-activity reconstruction, Sunspots
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Solar Physics
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291
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9-10
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3025 - 3043
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Springer
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  • scopus:84988703088
  • wos:000388842600028
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0038-0938
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10.1007/s11207-016-0969-z
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English
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  author       = {{Muscheler, Raimund and Adolphi, Florian and Herbst, Konstantin and Nilsson, Andreas}},
  issn         = {{0038-0938}},
  keywords     = {{Be; C; Cosmogenic radionuclides; Solar modulation; Solar-activity reconstruction; Sunspots}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{9-10}},
  pages        = {{3025--3043}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Solar Physics}},
  title        = {{The Revised Sunspot Record in Comparison to Cosmogenic Radionuclide-Based Solar Activity Reconstructions}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11207-016-0969-z}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s11207-016-0969-z}},
  volume       = {{291}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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