Entry: Downward short-wave irradiance - showing version 4
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URI: http://codes.wmo.int/wmdr/ObservedVariableAtmosphere/573
Flux density of downwelling short-wave solar radiation, at the top of the atmosphere or a specified level within the atmosphere, including the Earth surface. [The term 'global (downward) shortwave irradiance' is sometimes used to specify that this flux is the sum of direct and diffuse components.]
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Flux density of downwelling short-wave solar radiation, at the top of the atmosphere or a specified level within the atmosphere, including the Earth surface. [The term 'global (downward) shortwave irradiance' is sometimes used to specify that this flux is the sum of direct and diffuse components.]
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Downward short-wave irradiance
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573
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