Talk:Solar irradiance: Difference between revisions

There are numerous major misconceptions and miss-statements in this article. It needs thorough reworking by experts knowledgeable in solar science. See NASA SORCE at http://lasp.colorado.edu/home/sorce/ etc.DLH (talk) 18:15, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Recently this edit by Lfstevens, removed what appears highly cited papers. However the entire manual references belong inline with the content. Thus, i suggest to remove all manual references, and if possible move them to the correct content. Maybe the editor can explain why remove only a few paper studies. prokaryotes (talk) 04:46, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See What is the difference between insolation and solar irradiance? http://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_difference_between_insolation_and_solar_irradiance prokaryotes (talk) 19:00, 15 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have no opinion about the answer, but perhaps we should look for something more authoritative? Lfstevens (talk) 07:04, 16 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This looks like a more credible source: http://www.volker-quaschning.de/articles/fundamentals1/index.php The distinction they make is "The total specific radiant power, or radiant flux, per area that reaches a Spectrum AM 0 (extraterrestrial) Spectrum AM 1.5 (terrestrial) receiver surface is called irradiance. Irradiance is measured in W/m² and has the symbol E. When integrating the irradiance over a certain time period it becomes solar irradiation. Irradiation is measured in either J/m² or Wh/m², and represented by the symbol H", so I think Irradiance is power per area, "solar irradiation" or insolation is energy per area. Chthonicdaemon (talk) 05:57, 28 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The first sentence of the article says "Solar irradiance (also Insolation, from Latin insolare, to expose to the sun)[1][2] is the power per unit area produced by the Sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation" but the units stated further along are MJ/m². There are also many ambiguous units like kWh/m²/day and such. I think the units should all be power/area as in the definition. Chthonicdaemon (talk) 04:30, 28 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]