With the Sun directly overhead, the solar energy arriving at the top of the atmopsphere per square metre is ~1367 Watts, so 1367 W/m^2. But in some places, the actual measured value can be 1845 W/m^2, or sometimes even more.
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2024-07-21 17:54:53
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