Met Obs: Solar Radiation

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___ is designated by DOST-PAGASA at natnl level as the center for calibration, standardization and checking of instruments used in the network of solar radiation statiins and for maintaining the natnl instrument standard

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Nat'l Solar Radiation Center

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____ is the sun's radiant ENERGY incident on a surface of unit area expressed in units kWh/m^2

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Solar IrradiatioN

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Refers to all incoming solar energy incident on a horizontal plane surface; it is the sum of incoming direct and diffuse solar radiation incident upon surface

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Global Solar Radiation

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In a worldwide area of solar radiation network and for data homogenity, the time for solar radiation measurements is called

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Local apparent time or

True Solar time

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____ is an EM wave emission coming from the sun's disc. This radiation, which reaches Earth ij about *___ mins is transmitted over a wide range of wavelengths from 10^-8 cm (1 Angstrom) up to 10^6 cm

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Solar Radiation;

*8 mins

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_____ is the sun's radiant POWER represented in W/m^2 or kW/m^2.

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Solar Irradiance

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_____ essentially consists of a glass sphere mounted in a speherical bowl and metallic groove which holds a sunshine card.

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Interim Reference Sunshine Recorder (IRSR)/ Campbell- stokes

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To report daily jours of sunshine use 55SSS. This grouo is to be included in the report at every ____ UTC only

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0000H

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The sensor used to measure direct sollar irradiance is ____,

While ___ for global radiation.

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Pyrheliometer;

Pyranometer

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* The term radiatiin relates to Em radiation measured in terms of energy in specified spectral ranges, ib grams-calories/cm^2, termed as

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LANGLEYS

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*Solar Radiatiin is evaluated on the basis of ___ published in unit ____.

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Intl Pyrheliometric Scale of 1956;

Langleys per unit time

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*_____ is the recording pyrheliometer used in most Agrometeorological stations

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Bimetallic Actinograph

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Straight cards are used in ___;

Long curved in ___;

Short cyrved cards in ___.

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Equinox;

Summer;

Winter

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Used to measure UV index

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Pyrgeometer