Evaluation of Various Methods for Estimating Global Solar Radiation in the Southeastern United States
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Release : 2011
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Author : Tariq Muneer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 13,60 MB
Release : 2007-03-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1136365958
The cost of operating a building far exceeds the cost of constructing it, and yet until recently little attention was paid to the impact of solar radiation on the costs of heating, cooling and ventilation. And now that there has been a surge in interest in energy efficiency and solar design, architects and designers need a practical guide to the modelling and application of solar energy data. There are many different models and techniques available for calculating the distribution of solar radiation on and in buildings, and these algorithms vary considerably in scope, accuracy and complexity. This book demonstrates which of these predictive tools gives the best results in different circumstances, including explaining which models can be best used in different parts of the world. The author has had over twenty-five years of experience of dealing with solar energy data from four continents and has used that experience in this book to show the development not just of knowledge but also the growing sophistication of the models available to apply it.
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Page : 1858 pages
File Size : 41,80 MB
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1490112278
Issues in Global Environment—Climate and Climate Change: 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ book that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Climate Research. The editors have built Issues in Global Environment—Climate and Climate Change: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Climate Research in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Global Environment—Climate and Climate Change: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.
Author : M. Sengupta
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Release : 2013
Category : Solar collectors
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Author : Edward Linacre
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 34,39 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1134933916
The value of applied climatology - the study of the impact of climate - lies in the analysis of measurements and estimates within the context of change. This study provides a review of the theory and practice underlying current climatic research.
Author : David A. Ratkowsky
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Page : 272 pages
File Size : 30,29 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Mathematics
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The background; An introduction to regression modeling; Nonlinear regression modeling; An illustrative example of regression modeling; The models; Models with one X variable, convex/concave curves; Models with one X variable, sigmoidally shaped curves; Models with one X variable, curves with maxima and minima; Models with more than one explanatory viariable; Other models and excluded models; Obtaining good initial parameter estimates; Summary; References; Table of symbols; Appendix; Author index; Subject index.
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Release : 1984
Category : Solar energy
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Author : C. Thomas Coulter
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Release : 1993
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Author : Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut
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Page : 126 pages
File Size : 19,19 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Energy conservation
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Author : Shunlin Liang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 31,50 MB
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319025880
This book describes the algorithms, validation and preliminary analysis of the Global LAnd Surface Satellite (GLASS) products, a long-term, high-quality dataset that is now freely available worldwide to government organizations and agencies, scientific research institutions, students and members of the general public. The GLASS products include leaf area index, broadband albedo, broadband emissivity, downward shortwave radiation and photosynthetically active radiation. The first three GLASS products cover 1981 to 2012 with 1km and 5km spatial resolutions and 8-day temporal resolution, and the last two GLASS products span 2008 to 2010 with 3-hour temporal resolution and 5km spatial resolution. These GLASS products are unique. The first three are spatially continuous and cover the longest period of time among all current similar satellite products. The other two products are the highest spatial-resolution global radiation products from satellite observations that are currently available. These products can be downloaded from Beijing Normal University at http://glass-product.bnu.edu.cn/ and the University of Maryland Global Land Cover Facility at http://www.glcf.umd.edu/ The GLASS products are the outcome of a key research project entitled “Generation & Applications of Global Products of Essential Land Variables”, supported by funding from the High-Tech Research and Development Program of China and involving dozens of institutions and nearly one hundred scientists and researchers. Following an introduction, the book contains five chapters corresponding to these five GLASS products: background, algorithm, quality control and validation, preliminary analysis and applications. It discusses the long-term environmental changes detected from the GLASS products and other data sources at both global and local scales and also provides detailed analysis of regional hotspots where environmental changes are mainly associated with climate change, drought, land-atmosphere interactions, and human activities. The book is based primarily on a set of published journal papers about these five GLASS products and includes updated information. Since these products have now begun to be widely used, this book is an essential reference document. It is also a very helpful resource to anyone interested in satellite remote sensing and its applications.