The measurement of the solar constant from high altitude balloons

D. G. Murcray; T. G. Kyle; J. J. Kosters; P. R. Gast

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v21i5.10110

The measurement of the solar constant from high altitude balloons

Tellus

Volume 21 (1969): Issue 5

By: D. G. Murcray, T. G. Kyle, J. J. Kosters and P. R. Gast

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|Jan 1969

Abstract

The solar constant has been measured by the use of Eppley normal incidence pyrheliometers on three different days at 31 kilometers altitude. After correcting the readings for the remaining 1% of the atmosphere, and the earth-sun distance, a value of 1.912 gm-cal cm⁻² min⁻¹ has been determined for the solar constant.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v21i5.10110 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554

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Language: English

Page range: 620 - 624

Submitted on: Nov 18, 1968

Accepted on: Mar 10, 1969

Published on: Jan 1, 1969

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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© 1969 D. G. Murcray, T. G. Kyle, J. J. Kosters, P. R. Gast, published by Stockholm University Press
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Volume 21 (1969): Issue 5