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

This book gives a comprehensive overview of activities currently under way to produce, collect and compile radiation data as needed for the various types of solar energy applications in Europe. Contributions have been made by all contractors of the Commission of the European Communities, in par­ ticular the Meteorological Offices of the EC member countries. They all re­ ported on their work at a meeting which was held in October 1982 in Brussels and of which these are the proceedings. The Commission' work in this area follows a detailed strategy which was published earlier as part of the proceedings of Volume I, Series F. Series F is especially devoted to publications on the European Communities' work on solar radiation data. Other volumes within Series F are in preparation and will deal with: - solar radiation data on tilted planes; - solar radiation data derived from meteorological satellite obs- tions. In addition, two new atlases are being prepared, one showing - for the area of the European Community - maps for solar radiation on titled planes of various inclinations and orientations, and the other showing - for the whole of Europe and the Eastern part of the Mediterranean - radiation data for horizontal planes. In the latter there will also be a statistical analy­ sis section. Both atlases will be published in the course of 1983. 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