Reconstruction of Total Solar Irradiance by Deep Learning

Authors

  • Yasser Abduallah New Jersey Institute of Technology https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0792-2270
  • Jason T. L. Wang New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Yucong Shen New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Khalid A. Alobaid New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Serena Criscuoli National Solar Observatory
  • Haimin Wang New Jersey Institute of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32473/flairs.v34i1.128356

Keywords:

solar, irradiance, deep, learning, data, mining, nueral, network

Abstract

The Earth's primary source of energy is the radiant energy generated by the Sun, which is referred to as solar irradiance, or total solar irradiance (TSI) when all of the radiation is measured.
A minor change in the solar irradiance can have a significant impact on the Earth's climate and atmosphere. As a result, studying and measuring solar irradiance is crucial in understanding climate changes and solar variability. Several methods have been developed to reconstruct total solar irradiance for long and short periods of time; however, they are physics-based and rely on the availability of data, which does not go beyond 9,000 years. In this paper we propose a new method, called TSInet, to reconstruct total solar irradiance by deep learning for short and long periods of time that span beyond the physical models' data availability. On the data that are available, our method agrees well with the state-of-the-art physics-based reconstruction models. To our knowledge, this is the first time that deep learning has been used to reconstruct total solar irradiance for more than 9,000 years.

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Published

18-04-2021

How to Cite

Abduallah, Y., Wang, J. T. L., Shen, Y., Alobaid, K. A., Criscuoli, S., & Wang, H. (2021). Reconstruction of Total Solar Irradiance by Deep Learning. The International FLAIRS Conference Proceedings, 34. https://doi.org/10.32473/flairs.v34i1.128356

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Special Track: Neural Networks and Data Mining