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solar constant

the average amount of solar radiation received normally by a unit area just outside the earth's atmosphere, equal to c. 1.37 x 10 ergs per cm per second

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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I believe that this measurement is per meter sq., not cm per second. Measured by 1.37 kW/h. This varies slightly due to Earth's path around the Sun being eliptical.

Posted by anonymous 42 days ago.

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