Solar radiation data is important for a wide range of applications, e.g. in engineering, agriculture, health sector, and in many fields of the natural sciences. A few examples showing the diversity of applications may include: architecture and building design e.g. air conditioning and cooling systems; solar heating system design and use; solar power generation; weather and climate prediction models; evaporation and irrigation; calculation of water requirements for crops; monitoring plant growth and disease control; skin cancer research. Solar radiation data must be provided in a variety of forms to suit these applications. The radiation reaching the upper atmosphere of the Earth is a quantityrather constant in time. But the radiation reaching some point on Earth surface is random in nature. The main cause is the fact that various gases within the atmosphere absorb solar radiation at different wavelengths, and clouds and dust also affect it. Covers all the aspects of solar radiation computing models Provides a solid understanding of the main mechanisms which determine the behaviour of solar radiation on earth surface and how solar radiation is estimated, measured and interpreted in an applied world. First book in the field including a CD-ROM with computer programs, written on the basis of the selected models INDICE: From the contents Advances in Solar Radiation Measurement.- Fractal classification of typical meteorological days from global solar irradiances.- Modeling the frequency distribution of solar radiation components.- A Methodfor Determining the Solar Global and Defining the Diffuse and Beam Irradiation on a Clear Day.- Recent advances in the relations between bright sunshine hours and solar irradiation.- Irradiation estimation methods from sunshine and cloud cover data.- Solar irradiation via air temperature data.- Modelling hourly diffuse radiation.- Retrieval of surface solar radiation with artificial neural networks.- Dynamical behavior of solar radiation.- Time Series Modelling of Solar Radiation.- A new procedure to generate solar radiation time series from machine learning theory.- Use of sunshine number for solar irradiance time series generation.- The Meteorological Radiation Model (MRM): advancements andapplications.
- ISBN: 978-3-540-77454-9
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 350
- Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés