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Comment by kragen

1 year ago

units(1) calls it `solarconstant` or `solarirradiance` but that's the quantity above the atmosphere. the same term is sometimes used for the quantity below the atmosphere: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_constant and of course that depends on exactly how much atmosphere you're below

in that sense, oddly enough, the solar constant is not very constant at all

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