Reconstructed Solar Irradiance Data: Readme file
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               World Data Center A- Paleoclimatology
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NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!!


NAME OF DATA SET: Reconstructed Solar Irradiance Data
CONTRIBUTOR: Judith Lean, NRL. 

IGBP PAGES/WDCA CONTRIBUTION SERIES NUMBER: 1998-028
SUGGESTED DATA CITATION:
Lean, J., J. Beer, and R. Bradley, 1998, Reconstructed Solar Irradiance Data.  
IGBP PAGES/World Data Center-A for Paleoclimatology Data Contribution Series # 1998-028.  
NOAA/NGDC Paleoclimatology Program, Boulder CO, USA.

ORIGINAL REFERENCE:
Lean, J., J. Beer, and R. Bradley, 1995, Reconstruction of Solar Irradiance 
Since 1610: Implications for Climate Change, Geophysical Research Letters, 
v.22, No. 23, pp 3195-3198, December 1, 1995.

LAST UPDATE: 7/97 (Original Receipt by WDCA Paleo)
GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Global
PERIOD OF RECORD: 1600-1994 AD

LIST OF FILES: Lean1995.Readme.txt(this file), Irradiance.data.txt.
DESCRIPTION:
Reconstructed solar total and background irradiances.  
11-yr TSI component since 1874 is from F&L: earlier from Hoyt Sunspot Groups
Background Brightness component is Average Hoyt Group Count per cycle
Data in 1995,96 & 97 appended May 98.