Download or read book An Introduction To Solar Radiation written by Muhammad Iqbal and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Solar Radiation is an introductory text on solar radiation, with emphasis on the methods of calculation for determining the amount of solar radiation incident on a surface on the earth. Topics covered include the astronomical relationship between the sun and the earth; thermal radiation; the solar constant and its spectral distribution; and extraterrestrial solar irradiation. This book is comprised of 12 chapters and begins with an overview of the trigonometric relationships between the sun-earth line and the position of an inclined surface, followed by a discussion on the characteristics of blackbody radiation. The next chapter focuses on the solar constant and its spectral distribution, paying particular attention to extraterrestrial solar spectral irradiance and the sun's blackbody temperature. Subsequent chapters explore extraterrestrial and radiation incident on inclined planes; the optics of a cloudless-sky atmosphere; solar spectral radiation and total (broadband) radiation under cloudless skies; and solar radiation arriving at horizontal surfaces on the earth through cloudy skies. The ground albedo and its spectral and angular variation are also described, along with insolation on inclined surfaces. The last chapter is devoted to instruments for measuring solar radiation, including pyrheliometers and pyranometers. This monograph will serve as a useful guide for energy analysts, designers of thermal devices, architects and engineers, agronomists, and hydrologists as well as senior graduate students.
Download or read book Survey of the Literature on the Solar Constant and the Spectral Distribution of Solar Radiant Flux written by Matthew Pothen Thekaekara and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Survey of the Literature on the Solar Constant and the Spectral Distribution of Solar Radiant Flux written by Thekaekara, M. P. and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Instrument to Measure the Solar Constant from a Satellite written by R. A. Hanel and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Solar Constant written by Frank Washington Very and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Distribution of Energy in the Solar Spectrum and the Solar Constant written by Elena Aleksandrovna Makarova and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Solar Constant and the Earth s Atmosphere written by H. Zirin (ed) and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Solar Constant and the Solar Spectrum Measured from a Research Aircraft written by Matthew Pothen Thekaekara and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The solar constant and solar spectrum were measured from a research aircraft flying at 38,000 feet, above the highly variable and absorbing constituents of the atmosphere. A wide range of solar zenith angles was covered during six flights for over 14 hours. Eleven instruments, five for total irradiance and six for spectral irradiance, were employed. The instruments complemented each other in the measuring techniques employed and wavelength range covered, and were calibrated and operated by different experimenters. The combined results of these experiments are presented, and also a proposed standard for the solar constant and zero air mass solar spectral irradiance. The solar constant is found to equal 135.3 mW cm−2 or 1.90 cal min−1 cm−2
Download or read book The solar Constant and Related Problems written by Samuel Pierpont Langley and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evolution of the Solar Constant written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate source of the energy utilized by life on Earth is the Sun, and the behavior of the Sun determines to a large extent the conditions under which life originated and continues to thrive. What can be said about the history of the Sun. Has the solar constant, the rate at which energy is received by the Earth from the Sun per unit area per unit time, been constant at its present level since Archean times. Three mechanisms by which it has been suggested that the solar energy output can vary with time are discussed, characterized by long (approx. 109 years), intermediate (approx. 108 years), and short (approx. years to decades) time scales.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Workshop written by Harold Zirin and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Photovoltaic Systems written by James P. Dunlop and published by Amer Technical Pub. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photovoltaic Systems is a comprehensive guide to the design and installation of several types of residential and commercial PV systems. Numerous illustrations explain the concepts behind how PV arrays and other components operate, and photographs of actual installations show how components are integrated together to form complete systems. This textbook addresses the PV topics included in the NABCEP Entry Level Program. This new edition also covers 2011 NECr requirements. A CD-ROM is also included with Photovoltaic Systems and contains information to supplement the textbook.
Download or read book Global Physical Climatology written by Dennis L. Hartmann and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1994-07-06 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Physical Climatology is an introductory text devoted to the fundamental physical principles and problems of climate sensitivity and change. Addressing some of the most critical issues in climatology, this text features incisive coverage of topics that are central to understanding orbital parameter theory for past climate changes, and for anthropogenic and natural causes of near-future changes-- Key Features * Covers the physics of climate change * Examines the nature of the current climate and its previous changes * Explores the sensitivity of climate and the mechanisms by which humans are likely to produce near-future climate changes * Provides instructive end-of-chapter exercises and appendices
Download or read book The Solar Constant written by Seth Muller and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Seth Muller has made something new. His voice is unique. His imperfections break open to reveal the heart of a geode, a galaxy, a dandelion going to seed on the Southwest wind. Shimmer. Mystery. Life." -Mary Sojourner, author of Bonelight and Solace, from the introduction Throughout The Solar Constant, scientists, displaced wanderers and broken dreamers struggle to find and maintain relationships-with other people, with the natural world or with themselves. An exacting astronomer stumbles through a botchy affair. An animal psychic finds a strange connection with a half-breed coyote. A geologist struggles to commit cataclysmic events with a secret love. A woman fights chemical drugs to maintain her connection with hummingbirds. An animal tracker finds herself making a pact with a vengeful mountain lion. A man faces a confrontation with ghosts and his own faith in the Mojave Desert. For some, shifts in the universe arrive and liberate. For others, they confine. But none are untouched by the cosmos, both within and beyond.
Download or read book The Solar Constant and Sunspot Numbers written by Loyal Blaine Aldrich and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Survey of the Literature on the Solar Constant and the Spectral Distribution of Solar Radiant Flux written by Matthew Pothen Thekaekara and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Variations of the Solar Constant written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
