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  2. Solar irradiance - Wikipedia

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    Solar irradiance is the power per unit area ... Solar irradiance spectrum above atmosphere and at surface. ... solar irradiance data updated every 10–15 minutes ...

  3. Simple Model of the Atmospheric Radiative Transfer of Sunshine

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    The reference spectrum in ASTM G177 is limited to the global irradiance in the ultraviolet (280–400 nm), and corresponds to "high-UV" conditions frequently encountered in arid and elevated sites, such as in the southwest USA. This spectrum is to be used as a reference for testing the degradation and durability of materials.

  4. Air mass (solar energy) - Wikipedia

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    Solar irradiance spectrum above atmosphere and at surface. The overall intensity of solar radiation is like that of a black body radiator of the same size at about 5,800 K. [1] As it passes through the atmosphere, sunlight is attenuated by scattering and absorption; the more atmosphere through which it passes, the greater the attenuation.

  5. Solar constant - Wikipedia

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    Solar irradiance spectrum at top of atmosphere, on a linear scale and plotted against wavenumber. The solar constant (G SC) measures the amount of energy received by a given area one astronomical unit away from the Sun. More specifically, it is a flux density measuring mean solar electromagnetic radiation (total solar irradiance) per unit

  6. Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment - Wikipedia

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    Obtain daily measurements of solar spectral irradiance between 0.3 and 2 μm with a spectral resolution of at least 1/30, an accuracy of 0.03%, and long-term repeatability of better than 0.01%/yr. To improve the understanding of how and why solar irradiance varies, estimate past and future solar behavior, and investigate climate responses.

  7. Pyranometer - Wikipedia

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    Spectrum and spectral response. The solar radiation spectrum that reaches Earth's surface extends its wavelength approximately from 300 nm to 2800 nm. Depending on the type of pyranometer used, irradiance measurements with different degrees of spectral sensitivity will be obtained.

  8. Photosynthetically active radiation - Wikipedia

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    Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) spans the visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum from 400 to 700 nanometers. Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) designates the spectral range (wave band) of solar radiation from 400 to 700 nanometers that photosynthetic organisms are able to use in the process of photosynthesis.

  9. Fraunhofer lines - Wikipedia

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    Solar spectrum with Fraunhofer lines as it appears visually. In 1802, English chemist William Hyde Wollaston [2] was the first person to note the appearance of a number of dark features in the solar spectrum. [3] In 1814, Joseph von Fraunhofer independently rediscovered the lines and began to systematically study and measure their wavelengths ...