A simple formula for a planet's mean annual insolation by latitude

Alice Nadeau; Richard McGehee

doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.01.040

A simple formula for a planet's mean annual insolation by latitude

Alice Nadeau, Richard McGehee

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In this paper, we use a sixth order Legendre series expansion to approximate the mean annual insolation by latitude of a planet with obliquity angle β, leading to faster computations with little loss in the accuracy of results. We discuss differences between our method and selected computational results for insolation found in the literature.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	46-50
Number of pages	5
Journal	Icarus
Volume	291
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2017.01.040
State	Published - Jul 15 2017

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Keywords

Climate
Data reduction techniques
Extra-solar planets
Mars
Pluto
Solar radiation

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