File:Insolation.png
Insolation.png (450 × 480 pixels, file size: 74 KB, MIME type: image/png)
Solar irradiance (nonfiction) map.
Annual mean insolation at the top of Earth's atmosphere (TOA) and at the planet's surface.
In the News
Sunspots proud to stop solar irradiance at the source.
War-era light rationing now a dim memory.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
Top pic: top-of-atmosphere (TOA). Bottom pic: downwards, at the surface. Note that this data is from a climate model, not observation. The difference is accounted for by atmospheric absorption and reflection.
Attribution:
By William M. Connolley using HadCM3 data. - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1335849
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 22:13, 23 June 2016 | | 450 × 480 (74 KB) | Admin (talk | contribs) | Solar irradiance (nonfiction) map. Annual mean insolation at the top of Earth's atmosphere (TOA) and at the planet's surface. == In the News == <gallery mode="traditional"> </gallery> == Fiction cross-reference == == Nonfiction cross-reference... |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage
The following 2 pages use this file:
