I added a pic. I'm reasonably sure its accurate. But do complain to me if it looks like it isn't... William M. Connolley 22:10, 24 October 2005 (UTC).
at 40 degree north and south heat produced due to insolation equals heat loss due to loss through terrestial radiation.verify this please.
This definition for "insolation" seems to be the same as that for "irradiance". My understanding is that insolation is the amount of solar energy falling on a unit area in a given time period. For example; kilowatt-hours per square meter per day or kilowatt-hours per square meter per year, as the Global Insolation Map shows or megajoules per square meter per day, as the map of Australia shows. Although the Australians seem to call this quantity "daily global solar exposure". Sometimes this quantity is simply called "radiation". If "insolation" is not the correct term for this quantity, then what is? Some standardization would be appreciated.
Alexander Selkirk
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- Alexander: irradiance is a more general term referring to the total energy from any radiant source; insolation is specifically from the Sun. The page should probably reflect that. zowie 15:41, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
reverted
I just reverted several months of minor edits: the article has been quite garbled since mid-February when some particularly bad editing occurred. In particular, the lead sentence has been composed of the first half of one sentence and the second half of another, rendering it devoid of meaning. zowie 15:41, 30 May 2006 (UTC)