IEM Daily Feature
Thursday, 21 June 2018
Thursday, 21 June 2018
Sunshine Differences
Posted: 21 Jun 2018 05:35 AM
The featured map presents the daily averaged amount of solar radiation since the first of
May. The general pattern resembles the rainfall pattern so far this growing season with the
wettest areas shown with the lowest radiation totals. Of course this makes intuitive sense
that increased rainfall implies increased cloudiness and thus lowered radiation. The values
presented are expressed in mega-joules per day, which is a measure of total energy
received. While the values shown over Iowa do not seem that far apart ranging from 18 to
24, many plants that rely on the sun's energy for growth likely notice this difference.
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