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Figure 3.9
The mean annual global solar radiation (
Q
+
q
) (W m
-2
) (i.e. on a horizontal surface at ground level). Maxima are found
in the world's hot deserts, where as much as 80 per cent of the solar radiation annually incident on the top of the unusually cloud-free
atmosphere reaches the ground.
Source
: After Budyko
et al
. (1962).
Figure 3.10
Mean daily maximum shade air temperature (C).
Source
: After Ransom (1963).
