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From the link >> Ignoring clouds, the daily average irradiance for the Earth is approximately 250 W/m2 Emphasis added. Seems like clouds might be a non-trivia
by breischl 12y ago
From the link
>> Ignoring clouds, the daily average irradiance for the Earth is approximately 250 W/m2
Emphasis added. Seems like clouds might be a non-trivial factor, yes?
- maxerickson 12y agoYeah, clouds matter (obviously, locations vary). GP used an extremely conservative value for the energy available, I was just pointing to a less conservative value. (The difference between the values is ~8x, I doubt clouds have that big an impact in very many locations)