Initial Solar Irradiance Determinations from Nimbus 7 Cavity Radiometer Measurements
- 18 April 1980
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 208 (4441) , 281-283
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.208.4441.281
Abstract
Preliminary results from solar radiation measurements from the earth radiation budget experiment on the Nimbus 7 satellite yield a mean value of 1376.0 watts per square meter for the "solar constant" from 16 November 1978 to 15 May 1979. The observed variability (root-mean-square deviation) is ± 0.73 watt per square meter (± 0.05 percent) for the period.Keywords
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