Svalgaard's (2008) Total Solar Irradiance Data

(c) 2009 by Barton Paul Levenson

The table belows lists the estimates of mean annual total solar irradiance (TSI, the Solar Constant) from the work of Leif Svalgaard (I will have the full citation as soon as possible). The units of TSI are watts per square meter. This is the mean flux density at Earth's distance from the sun.

1700	1365.47
1701	1365.48
1702	1365.48
1703	1365.50
1704	1365.51
1705	1365.52
1706	1365.50
1707	1365.53
1708	1365.50
1709	1365.49
1710	1365.47
1711	1365.47
1712	1365.47
1713	1365.47
1714	1365.48
1715	1365.50
1716	1365.56
1717	1365.64
1718	1365.57
1719	1365.81
1720	1365.72
1721	1365.69
1722	1365.58
1723	1365.54
1724	1365.63
1725	1365.60
1726	1365.84
1727	1365.89
1728	1366.15
1729	1365.72
1730	1366.21
1731	1365.47
1732	1365.60
1733	1365.50
1734	1365.47
1735	1365.66
1736	1365.98
1737	1365.82
1738	1365.65
1739	1366.02
1740	1365.56
1741	1365.88
1742	1365.63
1743	1365.56
1744	1365.47
1745	1365.47
1746	1365.47
1747	1365.87
1748	1366.11
1749	1366.14
1750	1366.17
1751	1365.88
1752	1365.85
1753	1365.74
1754	1365.57
1755	1365.54
1756	1365.56
1757	1365.74
1758	1365.90
1759	1365.99
1760	1366.00
1761	1366.23
1762	1365.98
1763	1365.87
1764	1365.81
1765	1365.62
1766	1365.54
1767	1365.81
1768	1366.16
1769	1366.48
1770	1366.45
1771	1366.28
1772	1366.16
1773	1365.83
1774	1365.76
1775	1365.54
1776	1365.63
1777	1366.07
1778	1366.57
1779	1366.47
1780	1366.16
1781	1366.17
1782	1365.83
1783	1365.69
1784	1365.54
1785	1365.66
1786	1366.14
1787	1366.53
1788	1366.55
1789	1366.44
1790	1366.27
1791	1366.01
1792	1365.97
1793	1365.91
1794	1365.82
1795	1365.67
1796	1365.61
1797	1365.54
1798	1365.52
1799	1365.53
1800	1365.59
1801	1365.83
1802	1365.85
1803	1365.78
1804	1365.80
1805	1365.80
1806	1365.68
1807	1365.55
1808	1365.52
1809	1365.49
1810	1365.47
1811	1365.48
1812	1365.51
1813	1365.57
1814	1365.59
1815	1365.71
1816	1365.84
1817	1365.81
1818	1365.73
1819	1365.68
1820	1365.61
1821	1365.53
1822	1365.50
1823	1365.48
1824	1365.54
1825	1365.61
1826	1365.78
1827	1365.94
1828	1366.06
1829	1366.08
1830	1366.13
1831	1365.92
1832	1365.72
1833	1365.55
1834	1365.58
1835	1365.96
1836	1366.52
1837	1366.72
1838	1366.38
1839	1366.21
1840	1366.03
1841	1365.79
1842	1365.69
1843	1365.57
1844	1365.60
1845	1365.80
1846	1365.98
1847	1366.22
1848	1366.49
1849	1366.38
1850	1366.08
1851	1366.07
1852	1366.00
1853	1365.84
1854	1365.66
1855	1365.53
1856	1365.50
1857	1365.66
1858	1365.95
1859	1366.29
1860	1366.36
1861	1366.21
1862	1366.03
1863	1365.89
1864	1365.87
1865	1365.73
1866	1365.62
1867	1365.53
1868	1365.78
1869	1366.13
1870	1366.61
1871	1366.45
1872	1366.36
1873	1366.06
1874	1365.86
1875	1365.64
1876	1365.57
1877	1365.57
1878	1365.50
1879	1365.52
1880	1365.74
1881	1365.95
1882	1366.00
1883	1366.04
1884	1366.10
1885	1365.97
1886	1365.71
1887	1365.60
1888	1365.55
1889	1365.53
1890	1365.53
1891	1365.77
1892	1366.05
1893	1366.19
1894	1366.13
1895	1366.00
1896	1365.81
1897	1365.70
1898	1365.69
1899	1365.57
1900	1365.55
1901	1365.49
1902	1365.50
1903	1365.65
1904	1365.82
1905	1365.97
1906	1365.91
1907	1365.97
1908	1365.87
1909	1365.83
1910	1365.65
1911	1365.53
1912	1365.50
1913	1365.48
1914	1365.55
1915	1365.85
1916	1365.95
1917	1366.29
1918	1366.17
1919	1366.01
1920	1365.79
1921	1365.69
1922	1365.59
1923	1365.53
1924	1365.60
1925	1365.83
1926	1366.02
1927	1366.06
1928	1366.09
1929	1366.01
1930	1365.82
1931	1365.66
1932	1365.57
1933	1365.52
1934	1365.54
1935	1365.77
1936	1366.12
1937	1366.41
1938	1366.35
1939	1366.22
1940	1366.02
1941	1365.87
1942	1365.73
1943	1365.60
1944	1365.55
1945	1365.71
1946	1366.08
1947	1366.47
1948	1366.36
1949	1366.37
1950	1366.03
1951	1365.90
1952	1365.68
1953	1365.57
1954	1365.50
1955	1365.71
1956	1366.35
1957	1366.67
1958	1366.71
1959	1366.53
1960	1366.21
1961	1365.84
1962	1365.71
1963	1365.65
1964	1365.54
1965	1365.57
1966	1365.76
1967	1366.10
1968	1366.17
1969	1366.15
1970	1366.20
1971	1365.95
1972	1365.96
1973	1365.74
1974	1365.70
1975	1365.58
1976	1365.56
1977	1365.66
1978	1366.11
1979	1366.51
1980	1366.48
1981	1366.44
1982	1366.27
1983	1365.96
1984	1365.78
1985	1365.59
1986	1365.56
1987	1365.65
1988	1366.07
1989	1366.51
1990	1366.46
1991	1366.46
1992	1366.13
1993	1365.85
1994	1365.70
1995	1365.60
1996	1365.53
1997	1365.62
1998	1365.93
1999	1366.15
2000	1366.33
2001	1366.27
2002	1366.24
2003	1365.94
2004	1365.78
2005	1365.68
2006	1365.59
2007	1365.53

The obvious thing to notice here is that Svalgaard's TSI reconstruction is a lot more uniform than Lean's (2000, see here), if you plot them on the same scale. Since we concluded from analysis of Lean's figures that TSI has had insignificant effect on the present (last 50 years or so) global warming, we would conclude that even more strongly from Svalgaard's figures.

Page created:	03/07/2009
Last modified:	02/13/2011
Author:	BPL