Solar resources mapping : fundamentals and applications /: fundamentals and applications. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Jesús Polo, Luis Martín-Pomares and Antonio Sanfilippo.
• Editors: Polo, Jesús; Martín-Pomares, Luis; Sanfilippo, Antonio
• Contents: Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Acronyms; 1 Fundamentals: Quantities, Definitions, and Units; Abstract; 1 Basic Radiative Definitions; 2 Solar Geometry; 3 Components of Solar Radiation and Atmospheric Interactions; 4 Spectral Solar Radiation and Conversion Applications; Acknowledgements; References; 2 Solar Radiation Measurement and Solar Radiometers; Abstract; 1 Sensing Solar Radiation; 2 Calibration and Traceability; 2.1 Solar Irradiance Scales and Reference Standards; 2.2 Next Steps to Join SI; 2.3 Traceability of Solar Irradiance Detectors 3 Measurement of Direct Normal Irradiance3.1 Solar Absolute Cavity Radiometers (ACR); 3.2 Field Pyrheliometers; 3.3 Classification of Pyrheliometers; 4 Measurement of Global Irradiance on Horizontal and Tilted Surfaces; 5 Measuring Diffuse Irradiance; 6 Other Broadband Solar Sensors: Total and Longwave Radiation; 7 Solar Spectral Measurements; 8 Narrowband Filter Radiometry: Aerosol Optical Depth Measurements; Acknowledgements; Appendix: Current Status of the WRR; 1.1 The SI Laboratory Absolute Radiometers, the Space Radiometers, and the SI-WRR Conflict; 1.2 Current Status of WRR 11 Physical Layout of a Solar Monitoring StationReferences; 4 Quality Assurance of Solar Radiation Measurements; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Quality Assurance; 2.1 Calibration and Measurement Procedures; 2.2 Instrument Selection; 2.3 Data Acquisition and Basic Handling; 2.4 Software Validation; 3 Quality Assessment; 3.1 Quality Assessment of Solar Radiation Measurements; 3.2 Completeness of Data; 3.3 Control of the Data Recording Time and Visual Inspection of the Data; 3.4 Quality Analysis; 3.5 Other Quality Control Procedures; 3.6 Analysis of the Results from the Filtering 3.7 Daily Graphics from the Quality Checks3.8 Quality Check of Meteorological Ground Measured Data; 3.9 Consistency Checks of Meteorological and Radiometric Data; 3.10 System Performance; 4 Quality Enhancement; 4.1 Calculation of Solar Radiation Data from Other Components; 4.2 Data Aggregations; 4.3 Enhancement of Measured Data from Interpolated Calibration Constant; 5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Clear-Sky Radiation Models and Aerosol Effects; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Recent Evolution in Solar Data; 3 General Concepts; 3.1 Modeling Approaches; 3.2 Spectral Reference
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 551.5271; Solar radiation -- Measurement; Solar radiation -- Mathematical models; Solar energy; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319974842
• Related ISBNs: 331997484X; 9783319974835
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 30, 2019).
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