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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-463-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-463-2022
Data description paper
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04 Feb 2022
Data description paper |  | 04 Feb 2022

Homogenized century-long surface incident solar radiation over Japan

Qian Ma, Kaicun Wang, Yanyi He, Liangyuan Su, Qizhong Wu, Han Liu, and Youren Zhang

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Surface incident solar radiation plays a key role in atmospheric circulation, the water cycle, and ecological equilibrium on Earth. A homogenized century-long surface incident solar radiation dataset was obtained over Japan.
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