Solar Radiation Atlas of Africa
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Solar Radiation Atlas of Africa

Global and diffuse radiation fluxes at ground level derived from imaging data of the geostationary satellite METEOSAT 2

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eBook - ePub

Solar Radiation Atlas of Africa

Global and diffuse radiation fluxes at ground level derived from imaging data of the geostationary satellite METEOSAT 2

About this book

Observations cover the continents Africa and Europe, the Middle East and wide regions of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Results for the time period (1985-1986) are presented as coloured images and in the form of tables. To ensure the accuracy of these retrieved solar radiation fields at ground level, a comparison with all available ground based pyranometer measurements was made.

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2026
eBook ISBN
9781040892602
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Civil Engineering

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. LIST OF COLOURED IMAGES
  7. PREFACE
  8. NOMENCLATURE
  9. LIST OF ACRONYMS
  10. PART I METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS AND VALIDATIONS, MAJOR RESULTS
  11. 1 INTRODUCTION
  12. 2 DOCUMENTATION OF METHODS
  13. 2.1 Data Sources
  14. 2.1.1 Measurements of the Satellite METEOSAT-2
  15. 2.1.2 The Method of the University of Cologne
  16. 2.1.3 The Method of the École des Mines de Paris (CTAM) (Sophis Arpolis)
  17. 2.2 Validation with Pyranometer Data
  18. 2.2.1 General Remarks
  19. 2.2.2 Ground-Based Data for Intercomparison
  20. 2.2.3 Quality Control Procedures
  21. 2.2.4 Global Radiation: Some Intercomparisons between Retrieved (Cologne Method) and Directly Measured Data
  22. 2.2.5 Diffuse Radiation: Some Intercomparisons between Retrieved (Cologne Method) and Directly Measured Data
  23. 2.2.6 Global Radiation over Western Africa
  24. 3 SOME KEY RESULTS AND SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSIONS
  25. 3.1 Annual Averages
  26. 3.2 Interannual Variations
  27. 3.3 Seasonal Variations
  28. 4 CONCLUSIONS
  29. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  30. REFERENCES
  31. APPENDIX A: LIST OF GROUND STATIONS
  32. PART II DETAILED MONTHLY MAPS FOR AFRICA AND EUROPE
  33. 5 DAILY SUMS OF GLOBAL AND DIFFUSE RADIATION
  34. 5.1 Global Radiation
  35. 5.2 Diffuse Radiation
  36. 6 MAPS OF THE RATIO OF DIFFUSE TO GLOBAL RADIATION AND MAPS OF THE ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMITTANCE
  37. 6.1 Ratio of Diffuse to Global Radiation
  38. 6.2 Atmospheric Transmittance
  39. 7 YEARLY AND SEASONAL MEANS
  40. 8 MONTHLY AVERAGES OF HOURLY VALUES OF GLOBAL RADIATION
  41. 8.1 Monthly averages for 0600, 0900, 1200, 1500, 1800 GMT METEOSAT Images
  42. 8.2 Zonal Averages for Two Fixed Local Times
  43. 8.3 Deviation of Zonal Averages
  44. 9 COMPARISONS BETWEEN COLOGNE MODEL RESULTS AND GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENTS
  45. 9.1 Monthly Means: Global Radiation
  46. 9.2 Monthly Means: Diffuse Radiation
  47. 9.3 Daily Variations in Atmospheric Transmittance of Global Radiation
  48. 10 MONTHLY AVERAGES OF GLOBAL RADIATION FOR WESTERN AFRICA AND THE SAHEL ZONE
  49. 10.1 Results for 1984, 1985 and 1986
  50. 10.2 Minimum and Maximum of Global Radiation in June and December 1986
  51. 11 ISOLINE PLOTS OF GLOBAL RADIATION FOR AFRICA
  52. 11.1 Monthly Averages for 1985
  53. 11.2 Monthly Differences 1985–1986
  54. PART III COLOURED IMAGES

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