Far- and Extreme-UV Solar Spectral Irradiance and Radiance from Simplified Atmospheric Physical Models

Abstract

This article describes an update of the physical models that we use to reconstruct the FUV and EUV irradiance spectra and the radiance spectra of the features that at any given point in time may cover the solar disk depending on the state of solar activity. The present update introduces important modifications to the chromosphere-corona transition region of all models. Also, the update introduces improved and extended atomic data. By these changes, the agreement of the computed and observed spectra is largely improved in many EUV lines important for the modeling of the Earth's upper atmosphere. This article describes the improvements and shows detailed comparisons with EUV/FUV radiance and irradiance measurements. The solar spectral irradiance from these models at wavelengths longer than ≈ 200 nm is discussed in a separate article. © 2013 The Author(s).