Thank you Vince to point-out Solar Rad, UV and Illumination discussions 
that are already posted in WF Forums.


Wow... isn't this a "heated" debate? (no pun intended)

Here is one related posting from WF Forums,"*Solar Radiation, Illumance, 
and UV Index, is there any difference?*"

https://community.weatherflow.com/t/solar-radiation-illuminance-and-uv-index-is-there-any-difference/3004

Excerpt note from WF developer:

There are actually two sensors, each tuned to a different part of the light 
spectrum, in the part we use to measure sunlight (the APDS-9200 from 
Broadcom). The APDS-9200 reports “lux” (aka “brightness”) and “uv index” 
directly (which must be calibrated), and we estimate solar radiation from 
the brightness value assuming it’s light from the sun (ie., we know the 
makeup of the full spectrum, more of less, even though we’re only measuring 
radiation from a small portion of the spectrum).

and Sensor reference:

https://github.com/CalvEngIO/APDS-9200/blob/master/Docs/APDS-9200.pdf

Long discussion and somehow confusing. Besides stating that WF has in fact 
2 Sensors for Radiation, UV and Illumination, the discussion of pure 
"multiplier" still persists, and does not (clearly) answer the original 
question if there are any difference among the 3 entities.

Still... "food for thought".

Xant

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