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This concept has been deprecated.

Preferred term

downwelling_spectral_spherical_irradiance_in_sea_water  

Definition

  • Downwelling radiation is radiation from above. It does not mean 'net downward'. 'spectral' means per unit wavelength or as a function of wavelength; spectral quantities are sometimes called 'monochromatic'. Radiation wavelength has standard name radiation_wavelength. Spherical irradiance is the radiation incident on unit area of a hemispherical (or '2-pi') collector. It is sometimes called 'scalar irradiance'. The direction (up/downwelling) is specified. Radiation incident on a 4-pi collector has standard names of 'omnidirectional spherical irradiance'.

Note

  • deprecated

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https://vocab.met.no/CFSTDN/downwelling_spectral_spherical_irradiance_in_sea_water

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