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Title: Multilayer-weighted transmittance functions for use in broadband irradiance and turbidity calculations

Conference ·
OSTI ID:355788
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  1. Florida Solar Energy Center, Cocoa, FL (United States)

A physically-modelled method is presented to obtain an accurate transmittance and optical depth for various extinction processes (Rayleigh scattering, aerosol extinction, and absorption by ozone, nitrogen dioxide, uniformly mixed gases, and water vapor) affecting the transfer of shortwave radiation in a cloudless atmosphere. The integration over the shortwave solar spectrum is performed with a more realistic weighting function than the conventional one. The calculation and properties of the aerosol optical depth are discussed in detail, as well as its proper use in atmospheric turbidity studies.

OSTI ID:
355788
Report Number(s):
CONF-970441-; ISBN 0-89553-169-0; TRN: IM9931%%309
Resource Relation:
Conference: SOLAR `97: national solar energy conference, Washington, DC (United States), 25-30 Apr 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 1997 American Solar Energy Society annual conference; Campbell-Howe, R.; Wilkins-Crowder, B. [eds.]; PB: 369 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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