Modeling Solar Radiation at the Earth’s Surface
Modelling the Instantaneous Distributions Conditioned by the Optical Air Mass
There are two types of approach to obtain the statistical behaviour of solar radiation: the study of the distributions conditioned by the optical air mass and the study of the distributions conditioned by the mean clearness index. For the case of the daily distributions, the distributions conditioned by the monthly clearness index have been profusely studied.
Many models based on the physics of radiation transfer through the clear atmosphere have been developed (Lacis and Hansen 1974; Atwater and Ball 1978; Hoyt 1978; Bird and Hulstrom 1981a, …
There exist a number of models to determine the solar horizontal diffuse irradiation on a clear day (Kondratyev 1969) but they are complex and have very stringent conditions. Similarly, there …
Reading the twenty chapters of this book caused me mixed reactions, though all were positive. My responses were shaped by several factors. Although I have maintained a “watching brief’ on …