Generalized models for estimation of global solar radiation based on sunshine duration and detailed comparison with the existing: A case study for India

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 179-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Shahrukh Anis ◽  
Basharat Jamil ◽  
Md. Azeem Ansari ◽  
Evangelos Bellos
Keyword(s):  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Sunshine Duration ◽  
Detailed Comparison ◽  
Global Solar Radiation

scholarly journals Solar Climate Features Taking into Account the Morphometric Conditions of the Area and the Possibility of Using Them in Heliotherapy on the Example of the Cieplice and Kołobrzeg Health Resorts (Poland)

Atmosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 383
Author(s):  
Dawid Szatten ◽  
Mirosław Więcław
Keyword(s):  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Sunshine Duration ◽  
Quantitative Relationship ◽  
Global Solar Radiation ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Entropy Model ◽  
Health Treatment ◽  
Health Resorts

Global solar radiation is an important atmospheric stimulus affecting the human body and has been used in heliotherapy for years. In addition to environmental factors, the effectiveness of global solar radiation is increasingly influenced by human activity. This research was based on the use of heliographic and actinometric data (1996–2015) and the model distribution of global solar radiation to determine the possibility of heliotherapy with the example of two health resorts: Cieplice and Kołobrzeg (Poland). The solar features of health resorts (sunshine duration and global solar radiation) were characterized, and they were correlated with the spatial distribution of global solar radiation data obtained with the use of remote sensing techniques (System for Automated Geoscientific Analyzes-SAGA), including COoRdination and INformation on the Environment (CORINE) land cover (CLC) data. Using the maximum entropy model (MaxEnt), a qualitative and quantitative relationship between morphometric parameters and solar climate features was demonstrated for individual land cover types. Studies have shown that the period of late spring and summer, due to the climate’s solar features, is advisable for the use of heliotherapy. The human activity that determines the land cover is the main element influencing the spatial differentiation of the possibilities of using this form of health treatment. It also affects topographic indicators shown as significant in the MaxEnt predictive model. In general, areas with high openness were shown as predisposed for health treatment using global solar radiation, which is not consistent with areas commonly used for heliotherapy. The conducted research has shown the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the issue of heliotherapy, which will contribute to the optimization of the use of this form of health treatment from the perspective of climate change and human pressure.

scholarly journals Predictive Performance of Hargreaves Model in Estimating Solar Radiation in Yola, Adamawa State Nigeria Using Minimum Climatological Data

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Ojo Samuel ◽  
Alimi Taofeek Ayodele ◽  
Amos Anna Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Model Performance ◽  
Predictive Performance ◽  
Global Solar Radiation ◽  
Climatic Data ◽  
Climatological Data ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Hargreaves Model ◽  
The Many

Mathematical models have been very useful in reducing challenges encountered by researchers due to the inability of having solar radiation data or lack of instrumental sites at every point on the Earth.  This work aimed at investigating the prediction performance of Hargreaves-Samani’s model in estimating global solar radiation (GSR) out of the many other empirical models so far formulated for this purpose. This model basically uses maximum and minimum temperature data and basically used in mid-latitudes. The paper attempts to assess the predictive performance of Hargreaves-Samani’s model in the Savanna region using Yola as a case study. Estimated values of GSR from one month data adopted from the Meteorological station of the Department of Geography, Federal University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria was used for this purpose. Using this model shows a 95% index of agreement (IA) with the observed values; which suggests a good model performance and can also be used in estimating global solar radiation in the Savanna region particularly in areas with little or no such climatic data.

scholarly journals Compatibility of different measurement techniques. Long-term global solar radiation observations at Izaña Observatory

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa Delia García ◽  
Emilio Cuevas ◽  
Omaira Elena García ◽  
Ramon Ramón ◽  
Pedro Miguel Romero-Campos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Sunshine Duration ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Global Solar Radiation ◽  
Surface Radiation ◽  
Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer ◽  
High Consistency

Abstract. A 1-year intercomparison of classical and modern radiation and sunshine duration instruments has been performed at Izaña Atmospheric Observatory (IZO) located in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) starting on July 17, 2014. We compare global solar radiation (GSR) records measured with a CM-21 pyranometer Kipp & Zonen, taken in the framework of the Baseline Surface Radiation Network, with those measured with a Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer (MFRSR), and a bimetallic pyranometer (PYR), and GSR estimated from sunshine duration performed by a Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder (CS) and a Kipp & Zonen sunshine duration sensor (CSD). Given the GSR BSRN records are subject of strict quality controls (based on principles of physical limits and comparison with the LibRadtran model), they have been used as reference in the intercomparison study. We obtain an overall root mean square error (RMSE) of ~0.9 MJm2 (4 %) for GSR PYR and GSR MFRSR, 1.9 MJm2 (7 %) and 1.2 MJm2 (5 %) for GSR CS and GSR CSD, respectively. Factors such as temperature, fraction of the clear sky, relative humidity and the solar zenith angle have shown to moderately affect the GSR observations. As application of the methodology developed in this work, we have re-evaluated the GSR time series between 1977 and 1991 obtained with two PYRs at IZO. By comparing with coincident GSR estimates from SD observations, we probe the high consistency of those measurements and their temporal stability. These results demonstrate that 1) the continuous-basis intercomparison of different GSR techniques offers important diagnostics for identifying inconsistencies between GSR data records, and 2) the GSR measurements performed with classical and more simple instruments are consistent with more modern techniques and, thus, valid to recover GSR time series and complete worldwide distributed GSR data. The intercomparison and quality assessment of these different techniques have allowed to obtain a complete and consistent long-term global solar radiation series (1977–2015) at Izaña.

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