Solar radiation on Mars

Technical Report · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5434887

Appelbaum, J; Flood, D J

Detailed information on solar radiation characteristics on Mars are necessary for effective design of future planned solar energy systems operating on the surface of Mars. Presented here is a procedure and solar radiation related data from which the diurnally, hourly and daily variation of the global, direct beam and diffuse insolation on Mars are calculated. The radiation data are based on measured optical depth of the Martian atmosphere derived from images taken of the sun with a special diode on the Viking cameras; and computation based on multiple wavelength and multiple scattering of the solar radiation.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Cleveland, OH (USA). Lewis Research Center
• OSTI ID: 5434887
• Report Number(s): N-89-27623; NASA-TM-102299; E-4865; NAS-1.15:102299
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
MARS PLANET
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR RADIATION
INSOLATION
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
SCATTERING
SURFACE PROPERTIES
VARIATIONS
ATMOSPHERES
ENERGY
ENERGY SOURCES
PLANETS
RADIATIONS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
STELLAR RADIATION
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