A Simple Procedure for Estimating Global Daily Radiation on Any Surface
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- 1 August 1978
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Applied Meteorology
- Vol. 17 (8) , 1126-1131
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1978)017<1126:aspfeg>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Monthly means of measured daily radiation data from a defined horizontal site are used to estimate the prevailing atmospheric attenuation parameter. The estimation method uses the properties of the Fourier structure of attenuation, as a function of the hour angle, at that site, for a range of attenuation parameters. The Fourier structure of the parameter estimate is then used to calculate the global daily radiation of a “nearby” site, of any orientation, by direct formula substitution. Abstract Monthly means of measured daily radiation data from a defined horizontal site are used to estimate the prevailing atmospheric attenuation parameter. The estimation method uses the properties of the Fourier structure of attenuation, as a function of the hour angle, at that site, for a range of attenuation parameters. The Fourier structure of the parameter estimate is then used to calculate the global daily radiation of a “nearby” site, of any orientation, by direct formula substitution.Keywords
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