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What is the difference between the post-processing variables “Incident Radiation” and “Surface Incident Radiation”?

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    • January 25, 2023 at 7:16 am
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      The Incident Radiation is the total radiation energy that arrives at a location per unit time and per unit area. So this is a quantity which is valid within every cell of a cell zone which participates in radiation. The Surface Incident Radiation is the net incoming radiation heat flux on a surface and for that it is only defined on surfaces. For both the unit quantity is heat-flux (W/m^2)

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