The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth is called
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the amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth is called ultraviolet radiation.
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Explanation:
The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the earth is called insolation.
Definition of insolation:
The amount of solar radiation that a certain surface receives over a specific time period is known as insolation. The sun radiation incident on a horizontal surface per square meter and integrated over a day is known as daily insolation Q (MJ m 2 day 1). Seasonal and daily variations in cloud cover affect insolation.
Properties of insolation:
The envelope curves were projected using the atmospheric optical characteristics from the Bird and Hulstrom (1981) model, which was chosen to fit the clear-day irradiance in winter and spring for the Tasmanian site. It is obvious that this overestimates irradiance on clear summer and early fall days, most likely due to increased absorption from dust and smoke. It is also evident that the Brazilian site's insolation has often been overstated by the Bird and Hulstrum model; this is very certainly due to Tasmania's much brighter sky than those in tropical regions.
Total insolation:
The amount of total insolation that a location on the planet receives is mostly influenced by the planet's distance from the Sun. Only eccentricity, out of the three climate-forcing factors we've covered, alters the total insolation at the planet's surface via altering the Sun-Mars distance. Although they have little effect on overall global insolation, obliquity and axial precession can be regarded of as altering the planet's orientation with respect to the Sun, which alters the distribution of sunlight on the surface.
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