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albedo
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Ratio of reflected solar irradiance to global horizontal irradiance
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[unitless]
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aod
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aerosol optical depth. Measure of aerosols (e.g., smoke
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particles, desert dust) distributed within a column of air from the
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instrument (Earth's surface) to the top of the atmosphere. [unitless]
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aoi
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Angle of incidence. Angle between the surface normal vector and the
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vector pointing towards the sun's center. [°]
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bhi
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Beam/direct horizontal irradiance
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clearsky_index
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clearsky index. Ratio of actual global irradiance to modeled clearsky
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global irradiance
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dhi
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Diffuse horizontal irradiance
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