An assessment of the solar irradiance record for climate studies | Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Solar variability, solar forcing, and coupling mechanisms in the terrestrial atmosphere

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Table 3.

Instrument performance.

Mission/Instrument	Stated accuracy (ppm)	Stability^* (ppm year⁻¹)	Noise^* (ppm)
ACRIMSat/ACRIM3	1000	61	36–39
PICARD/PREMOS	300	34	28–33
SoHO/VIRGO	1000	27	28–32
SORCE/TIM	350	10 (est.)	4–17

Based on analyses presented in this study (rather than the instruments’ stated values).

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