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Solar radiation, Viewing solar radiation – DAVIS GroWeather Console User Manual

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Solar Radiation

GroWeather Manual

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S

OLAR

R

ADIATION

The GroWeather displays the current solar radiation intensity, the daily inci-
dent solar energy total, and the average daily incident solar energy per day
during the period. (Note that this manual refers to incident solar energy as sim-
ply solar energy.) Solar radiation is displayed in Watts per square meter
(W/m

2

) and solar energy is displayed in Langleys (Ly).

Viewing Solar Radiation

1. To display the current solar radiation intensity, press SUN.

The current solar radiation intensity appears on the right of the display.

C

URRENT

S

OLAR

R

ADIATION

I

NTENSITY

2. To display the daily solar energy total, press SUN again.

The daily solar energy total appears on the right of the display.

D

AILY

S

OLAR

E

NERGY

T

OTAL

Daily solar energy represents the amount of solar energy since the last time
you (or AutoClear) cleared the daily solar energy register. For instructions
on clearing daily solar energy, see “Clearing Daily Solar Energy” on page 32.

3. To display the average daily solar energy during the period, press SUN again.

The average daily solar energy appears on the right of the display.

A

VERAGE

D

AILY

S

OLAR

E

NERGY

4. To display the date on which the current period started and the number of days in the

period, press SUN again.
The date on which the period started appears on the right of the display. The
number of days in the period appears on the left of the display (see “ Period
Display” on page 21).