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    Solar irradiance is the power per unit area (surface power density) received from the Sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range...
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  • In radiometry, irradiance is the radiant flux received by a surface per unit area. The SI unit of irradiance is the watt per square metre (W⋅m−2). The...
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    instruments, including the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM), Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment (SOLSTICE), Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SIM), and the...
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    specifically, it is a flux density measuring mean solar electromagnetic radiation (total solar irradiance) per unit area. It is measured on a surface perpendicular...
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    Total Solar Irradiance data Archived 2013-07-06 at the Wayback Machine updated every Monday N0NBH Solar data and tools SolarCycle24.com Solar Physics...
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    Sunlight (redirect from Solar output)
    is estimated by NASA to be about a quarter of Earth's average total solar irradiance. The ultraviolet radiation in sunlight has both positive and negative...
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    Patterns of solar irradiance and solar variation have been a main driver of climate change over the millions to billions of years of the geologic time...
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    thought to be much smaller than this. Solar luminosity is related to solar irradiance (the solar constant). Solar irradiance is responsible for the orbital forcing...
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    appear, and the solar irradiance output grows by about 0.07%. On average, the solar cycle takes about 11 years to go from one solar maximum to the next...
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    Sun-synchronous orbit from which the ACRIM-3 instrument monitored total solar irradiance (TSI). Contact with the satellite was lost on 14 December 2013. ACRIM-3...
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