Solar radiation and climatic data for quasi-homogeneous climatic regions of the United States. Technical memo

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5817123

Hoecker, W H; Cotton, G F; Hass, W A

Up-to-date solar radiation and unique climatic statistics are presented that apply to regions of the United States which are quasi-homogeneous in solar radiation, heating demand and topography. The contiguous USA was divided into 78 and Alaska into 11 such regions. The Hawaiian and Pacific Mandate Islands, Guantanamo Bay (Cuba) and Puerto Rico are also represented but no subdivisions were made. A total of 97 regions or localities are represented by these solar radiation-climatic statistics. The solar radiation and climatic characteristics of each region are represented by statistics from one National Weather Service station with a record of about 25 years of meteorological and observed, or derived, solar radiation data. Station latitude, longitude and elevation are also provided. Rehabilitated, observed solar radiation data are available for ten of the stations. The solar radiation at the remainder of the stations was derived from regression models. Whole-record daily average values (monthly and annual) for 11 of 12 statistics are tabulated for each station. Wind speed classes, the twelfth statistic, are stratified only by wind speed intervals, for the entire period of record.

• Research Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD (USA). Air Resources Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5817123
• Report Number(s): PB-297010
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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