A New Model of Solar Illumination of Earth’s Atmosphere during Night-Time

In this work, a solar illumination model of the Earth’s atmosphere is developed. The developed model allows us to determine with extreme accuracy how the atmospheric illumination varies during night hours on a global scale. This time-dependent variation in illumination causes a series of sudden chan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Roberto Colonna, Valerio Tramutoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Earth
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-4834/2/2/12