Total and spectral solar irradiance measured at ground surface

Ann Mecherikunnel; Charles H. Duncan

doi:10.1364/AO.21.000554

Applied Optics
Vol. 21,
Issue 3,
pp. 554-556
(1982)
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Total and spectral solar irradiance measured at ground surface

Ann Mecherikunnel and Charles H. Duncan

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Abstract

This paper presents the results of a series of total and spectral solar irradiance measurements made at ground surface (Table Mountain Facility, Calif., altitude 2.18 km). The spectral irradiance data are presented for the 0.3–3.0-μm spectral region for air mass 1.5.

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Instrument	Energy detector	Instrument type	Wavelength range (μm)
Ångström pyrheliometer	Resistance strip	Total	0.3–4.0
Perkin-Elmer monochromator	1 P 28 tube thermocouple	LiF Prism	0.3–0.7
Perkin-Elmer monochromator	1 P 28 tube thermocouple	LiF Prism	0.7–4.0
Leiss monochromator	EM 1 9558QA photomultiplier tube	Quartz double prism	0.3–0.7
Leiss monochromator	PbS		0.7–1.6

Time	Total irradiance (W m⁻²)
10:15	1054
10:20	1055
10:25	1055
10:30	1055
10:35	1055
10:40	1055
10:45	1055
10:50	1056
10:55	1057
11:00	1056
11:05	1050
11:10	1054
11:15	1053
11:20	1054
11:25	1055
11:30	1055
11:35	1058
11:40	1061
11:45	1061
11:50	1060
11:55	1058
12:00	1063
12:15	1056
12:20	1068
12:25	1059
12:30	1056
12:35	1055
12:40	1056
12:45	1050
12:50	1056
12:55	1054
13:00	1043
13:15	1043

Wavelength λ, (μm)	Spectral irradiance E_λ (W m⁻²μm⁻¹)	Integrated irradiance 0–λ E_0–λ (W m⁻²)
0.3	5	0
0.31	46	0.26
0.32	152	1.24
0.33	300	3.50
0.34	375	6.9
0.35	438	10.9
0.36	461	15.4
0.37	566	20.6
0.38	557	26.2
0.39	594	31.9
0.40	803	38.9
0.41	1038	48.1
0.42	1097	58.8
0.43	1068	69.6
0.44	1241	81.2
0.45	1386	94.3
0.46	1473	108.6
0.47	1520	123.6
0.48	1566	139.0
0.49	1545	154.5
0.50	1530	170
0.51	1490	185
0.52	1465	200
0.53	1450	214
0.54	1439	229
0.55	1423	243
0.56	1376	257
0.57	1385	271
0.58	1401	285
0.59	1385	299
0.60	1373	312
0.64	1336	367
0.67	1290	406
0.68	1279	419
0.70	1242	444
0.71	1225	456
0.725	1140	474
0.73	1180	480
0.75	1120	503
0.757	1120	511
0.77	1095	525
0.80	1037	557
0.802	985	559
0.805	1020	562
0.82	995	577
0.836	960	593
0.84	880	597
0.85	936	606
0.86	910	615
0.87	885	624
0.88	850	633
0.89	800	641
0.895	780	645
0.91	770	656
0.92	735	664
0.93	695	671
0.94	624	678
0.955	725	688
0.97	760	699
1.0	713	721
1.05	637	755
1.1	540	784
1.12	450	794
1.139	330	801
1.15	370	805
1.165	499	812
1.181	483	820
1.19	474	824
1.225	447	840
1.27	405	859
1.29	377	867
1.305	341	872
1.33	383	881
1.35	230	888
1.375	110	892
1.38	100	892
1.44	183	901
1.487	238	911
1.52	275	919
1.54	265	925
1.58	248	935
1.71	193	964
1.8	147	979
1.88	30	986
1.92	18	987
2.1	87	996
2.2	76	1004
2.3	65	1012
2.4	62	1018
2.5	31	1023
2.6	10	1025
3.0	0	1027

Instrument	Energy detector	Instrument type	Wavelength range (μm)
Ångström pyrheliometer	Resistance strip	Total	0.3–4.0
Perkin-Elmer monochromator	1 P 28 tube thermocouple	LiF Prism	0.3–0.7
Perkin-Elmer monochromator	1 P 28 tube thermocouple	LiF Prism	0.7–4.0
Leiss monochromator	EM 1 9558QA photomultiplier tube	Quartz double prism	0.3–0.7
Leiss monochromator	PbS		0.7–1.6

Time	Total irradiance (W m⁻²)
10:15	1054
10:20	1055
10:25	1055
10:30	1055
10:35	1055
10:40	1055
10:45	1055
10:50	1056
10:55	1057
11:00	1056
11:05	1050
11:10	1054
11:15	1053
11:20	1054
11:25	1055
11:30	1055
11:35	1058
11:40	1061
11:45	1061
11:50	1060
11:55	1058
12:00	1063
12:15	1056
12:20	1068
12:25	1059
12:30	1056
12:35	1055
12:40	1056
12:45	1050
12:50	1056
12:55	1054
13:00	1043
13:15	1043

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