Solar Radiation Data: Proceedings of the EC Contractors’ Meeting held in Brussels, 18–19 October 1982

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-8
The Implications for Calibration and Field Use of Non-Ideal Cosine Behaviour in Kipp and Zonen CM-5 Pyranometers....Pages 9-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-26
Short Reference Years with Adjusted Measured Data....Pages 27-31
Establishment of Short Reference Years for Calculation of Annual Solar Heat Gain or Energy Consumption in Residential and Commercial Buildings....Pages 32-36
SRY Production by Means of Stochastic Models....Pages 37-39
Short Reference Year, SRY....Pages 40-48
Front Matter....Pages 49-62
Heliothermic Indexes for the Evaluation of the Potential of Solar Energy....Pages 63-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-93
Classification of Radiation Sites in Terms of Different Indices of Atmospheric Transparency....Pages 94-107
Parameterization of Radiation Fluxes as Function of Solar Elevation, Cloudiness and Turbidity....Pages 108-114
Diffuse Sky Radiation on Tilted Surfaces....Pages 115-119
Climatological Values of Solar Irradiation on the Horizontal and Several Inclined Surfaces at De Bilt....Pages 120-125
Development Methods....Pages 126-131
A Statistical Analysis of the Components of Solar Radiation on a Vertical South-Facing Surface....Pages 132-136
Development of a Systematic Method for the Prediction of Solar Radiation on Inclined Planes....Pages 137-141
Calculation Method for the Radiation Data on Inclined Surfaces and Calculated Atlas Data....Pages 142-145
Empirical Study of the Angular Distribution of Sky Radiance and of Ground Reflected Radiation Fluxes....Pages 146-150
Estimation of Hourly Solar Irradiation over the UK....Pages 151-155
Front Matter....Pages 157-164
Analysis of Short Time Data of Irradiation on Inclined Planes....Pages 165-169
Solar Energy Recovered by a Flat Plate Collector....Pages 170-176
Statistical Distribution of Solar Radiation (Hourly Sums): Cumulative Frequency Curves....Pages 177-182
Statistical Analysis of Solar Radiation Data of a High Altitude Station....Pages 183-189
Front Matter....Pages 157-164
Studies of Relationships between Inclined Surface Irradiation, Temperature and Wind Speed....Pages 190-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Sensitivity Analysis of the Useful Energy Output from Solar Converters as a Function of the Type and Time-Step of Meteorological Data....Pages 194-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-214
Variability in Space of Solar Radiation....Pages 215-220
Improvement of Measurement of Diffuse Solar Radiation....Pages 221-225
Progress toward Establishing a Comprehensive Solar Radiation Data and Calibration Center in Greece....Pages 226-228
Solar Radiation in Italy....Pages 229-235
Improvement of Radiation Network....Pages 236-238
Investigation of the Accuracy of Shading Ring Corrections Applied in the Measurement of Diffuse Solar Radiation....Pages 239-242
The Extension and Improvement of the U.K. Radiation Network....Pages 243-247
Front Matter....Pages 249-258
Study of I.R. Radiation from the Sky....Pages 259-267
The Flux Density of Radiation Energy Originating from the Circumsolar Sky Measured at Groundbased Stations....Pages 268-271
Special Measurements of Radiation in High Altitude Station....Pages 272-275
Installation of Equipment to Measure the Separate Components of Global Solar Radiation on a Vertical Surface....Pages 276-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-282
Determination of the Global Radiation and of Cloudiness from Satellite Data....Pages 283-287
Satellite Image Analysis....Pages 288-292
Heliosat Project : Estimation of Global Radiation from Satellite Using a Statistical Approach....Pages 293-299
Back Matter....Pages 301-305