irradiance
irradiance
Definition
ir·ra·di·ance (i rā′dē əns)
noun
- an irradiating; radiance
- the amount of light or other radiant energy striking a given area of a surface; illumination
Also irradiancy ir·ra′·di·ancy
irradiance
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- lamp: This is done by measuring the spectral irradiance of the lamp before and after transportation.
Converse of object
- measure: Use the complex amplitude to calculate a quantity proportional to the measured irradiance.
- downwelling: To obtain measures of downwelling irradiance under Antarctic pack ice.
- estimate: Earlier work established the potential for estimating spectral irradiance from multi-band data using a neural network technique ( Milton et al. , 2000 ).
- reconstruct: Using the monthly values of F S as a proxy for solar irradiance, we were able to reconstruct solar irradiance back to 1868.
Adjective modifier
- spectral: For stations at in the Irminger Basin, a model based on phytoplankton photosynthetic responses to changes in spectral irradiance was the most accurate.
- solar: The below image shows an estimate of how solar irradiance has changed over the last 150 years.
- total: His discovery that open magnetic flux from the Sun is highly correlated with total irradiance had a crucial result for climate change studies.
- global: It measures spectral global irradiance between 280 and 600 nm with a step size of 0.5 nm and a resolution of 1 nm.
- downward: The objective is to measure up- and downward spectral irradiances in the wavelength range between 295 and 1700 nm.
- normal: The mathematical formulation presented assumes normal irradiance of the incident light on the sample but this can be altered for acute incidence.
Modifies a noun
- measurement: The Ramp probe has been designed to take spot irradiance measurements in confined environments.
- value: Irradiance values were acquired from the Data Acquisition page and were utilized for a PV module.
- variation: This irradiance variation is equivalent to about 0.3 W m -2.
- function: The conversion to the new set is carried out by reformulating the Mie amplitude and irradiance functions as first degree Gegenbauer series.
- level: Photograph is taken from a snow pit where optical fibers are used to record sunlight irradiance levels in the snowpack.
- profile: The distal end of the optical fiber was cleaved to ensure a homogeneous irradiance profile incident on the polymer film.
Noun used with modifier
- ultraviolet: Forster, P. M. de F. ( 1995 ) Modeling ultraviolet irradiances at the Earth's surface.
- seabed: A simple model of seabed irradiance is able to reproduce these features.
- scattering: The light scattering irradiance for spheres is calculated using the equation, 1.0 where is the scattering amplitude function given by [ 2 ] .
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