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extraterrestrial solar illuminance
solar illuminance incident on the outer limit of the Earth's atmosphere
Note 1 to entry: The extraterrestrial solar illuminance is expressed in lux (lx = lm·m−2).
Note 2 to entry: This entry was numbered 17-423 in CIE S 017:2011.