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The Determination of Solar Heating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

M. B. Benoy
M. B. Benoy*
Affiliation:
Mechanics of Solids Group, Engineering Sciences Data Unit, Royal Aeronautical Society
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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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Technical Notes
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 74 , Issue 709 , January 1970, pp. 52 - 54
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1970 

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