Solar irradiance may refer to:
- Sunlight, electromagnetic radiation produced by the Sun
- Irradiance of sunlight; power per unit area on the Earth's surface
- Insolation, solar radiation energy per unit area during a given time
- Direct insolation, insolation which reaches a location on Earth after absorption and scattering in the atmosphere
- Total solar irradiance (TSI), the amount of solar radiative energy incident on the Earth's upper atmosphere
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