Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-1537-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-1537-2022
Review article
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17 Mar 2022
Review article |  | 17 Mar 2022

Remote sensing of solar surface radiation – a reflection of concepts, applications and input data based on experience with the effective cloud albedo

Richard Müller and Uwe Pfeifroth
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The great works of physics teach us that a central paradigm of science should be to make methods and theories as easy as possible and as complex as needed. This paper provides a brief review of remote sensing of solar surface irradiance based on this paradigm.