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radiation flux

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The way any form of radiation (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) from the sun is absorbed scattered or returned around the earth and can be expressed as some radiation arrival rate per the unit of area of the surface. The radiation flux can be the total amount of radiation that the earth and its atmosphere absorb, convert into heat and re-emit.

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