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Insolation
Insolation is the amount of solar radiation reaching the Earth by latitude and by season. Usually insolation refers to the radiation arriving at the top of the atmosphere. Sometimes it is specified as referring to the radiation arriving at the Earth’s surface.1
See also: Total Solar Irradiance.
Footnotes
1. IPCC, Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis: Glossary, Contributions by Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M.Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)], 2007. Accessed May 21, 2010.
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