Overview
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.
All authors are experienced well-known researchers, enjoying worldwide fame as physicists and engineers involved in solar radiation estimation
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (20 chapters)
-
Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
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 quantity rather 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.
There are two ways to obtaining solar radiation data at ground level: by measurement and by modelling. The book will facilitate the calculation of solar radiation required by engineers, designers and scientists and, as a result, will increase the access to needed solar radiation data.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Modeling Solar Radiation at the Earth's Surface
Book Subtitle: Recent Advances
Editors: Viorel Badescu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77455-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-77454-9Published: 22 February 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42078-8Published: 29 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-77455-6Published: 01 February 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIII, 517
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Atmospheric Sciences, Geophysics/Geodesy, Computational Intelligence, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Renewable and Green Energy