Solar and Earth Radiation
A. Here are some introductory discussions and illustrations of
the Sun's and Earth's total radiant energy:
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Total Watts
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Earth's Balance
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Clouds
B. Here are more detailed Solar spectral plots:
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Solar Irradiance
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Solar vs Blackbody
C. Here's a Powerpoint presentation on connections between Sun & Earth Climate:
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Solar Radiation & Earth's Climate
D. Finally, here is a Mathematica notebook on Solar & Earth radiation:
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It is a compressed tar file containing a Mathematica 2.2
notebook which reads and plots the solar irradiance data,
which is included, compares it with an analytic black-body spectrum, and
also determines the effective Earth black-body spectrum
needed to balance the solar radiation absorbed by the
Earth-atmosphere system.
FTP MMA Notebook on Solar Irradiance and Earth Radiance