International solar radiation information
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
ASHRAE Technical Committee 4.2, Weather Information, has recognized the need to include more meteorological information from non-North American locations in ASHRAE design materials. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) are two agencies responsible for providing access to international meteorological data, including solar radiation measurements. These data are used by numerous agencies and institutions to produce a variety of climatological summaries, design analyses, and other data products relating to building design issues. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of noncommercial sources of international solar radiation data and related meteorological information currently available from the International Renewable Resource Database (IRRD). At present, the IRRD contains highly summarized analyses of solar radiation resources on global and regional scales and for 31 specific countries. The information has been assembled primarily from literature searches conducted in response to requests for resource assessments by the Solar Radiation Resource Assessment Project (SRRAP) and other programs funded by the United States Department of Energy. A summary of 12 selected information sources is presented.
- OSTI ID:
- 87415
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950104--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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