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Solar radiation on Mars: Update 1991Detailed information on solar radiation characteristics on Mars are necessary for effective design of future planned solar energy systems operating on the surface of Mars. A procedure and solar radiation related data are presented from which the daily variation of the global, direct beam and diffuse insolation on Mars are calculated. Given the optical depth of the Mars atmosphere, the global radiation is calculated from the normalized net flux function based on multiple wavelength and multiple scattering of the solar radiation. The direct beam was derived from the optical depth using Beer's law, and the diffuse component was obtained from the difference of the global and the direct beam radiation. The optical depths of the Mars atmosphere were derived from images taken of the Sun with a special diode on the cameras used on the two Viking Landers.
Document ID
19910023732
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Appelbaum, Joseph
(NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH., United States)
Landis, Geoffrey A.
(Sverdrup Technology, Inc., Brook Park OH., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1991
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.15:105216
E-6465
NASA-TM-105216
Meeting Information
Meeting: European Space Power Conference
Location: Florence
Country: Italy
Start Date: September 2, 1991
End Date: September 6, 1991
Sponsors: ESA
Accession Number
91N33046
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-2022
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS3-25266
PROJECT: RTOP 506-41-11
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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