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The Determination of Solar Heating
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 July 2016
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A procedure has been developed by Moon for the determination of the total solar irradiance within the earth's atmosphere. The present note illustrates how transmission factors derived by Moon for the constituents of the atmosphere can be used with recent curves of spectral irradiance outside the earth's atmosphere to determine the solar heating at a point on or above the earth's surface at any given time. Special consideration is given to the variation in atmospheric water vapour content with altitude, season, and position on the globe since this is a parameter of some importance. The method described forms the basis of Engineering Sciences Data Item 69015.
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