"TITLE","AUTHORS","SUBJECT","SUBJECT_RELATED","DESCRIPTION","PUBLISHER","AVAILABILITY","RESEARCH_ORG","SPONSORING_ORG","PUBLICATION_COUNTRY","PUBLICATION_DATE","CONTRIBUTING_ORGS","LANGUAGE","RESOURCE_TYPE","TYPE_QUALIFIER","JOURNAL_ISSUE","JOURNAL_VOLUME","RELATION","COVERAGE","FORMAT","IDENTIFIER","REPORT_NUMBER","DOE_CONTRACT_NUMBER","OTHER_IDENTIFIER","DOI","RIGHTS","ENTRY_DATE","OSTI_IDENTIFIER","PURL_URL" "Research on passive solar energy application in Cyprus. Part 1. Meteorological characteristics of Cyprus","Ishihara, O; Savva, M [Kumamoto University, Kumamoto (Japan)]; Saito, I [Yatsushiro Institute of Technology, Kumamoto (Japan)]","14 SOLAR ENERGY; CYPRUS; METEOROLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSES; INSOLATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; PASSIVE SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; DAILY VARIATIONS; LEVELS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; HUMIDITY","","For application of passive solar systems to houses in Cyprus, meteorological and geographical characteristics were studied. Solar energy is not yet in wide use in Cyprus. Meteorological subjects are also not yet clarified for application of passive solar systems to houses. Annual temperature difference is estimated to be nearly 10{degree}C between the lowland and highland, and a drop in temperature with altitude is 0.33-0.76{degree}C/100m. Sunshine duration is longer in summer in everywhere showing 10-13.2 hours in August, while it is shorter in winter showing 3.5-6 hours in January. It is shorter in highland than lowland all the year through. Solar radiation intensity is obviously lower in winter than summer. Relative humidity is considerably low in highland, and it is low during the daytime in summer in lowland. In general, the relative humidity remarkably increases in the night all the year through and the daytime in winter. As the survey result, meteorological conditions are more suitable in Cyprus than Tokyo and Kumamoto for application of solar systems to houses. 4 refs., 10 figs., 1 tab.","","Available from Japan Solar Energy Society, 44-14, Yoyogi 2-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan; OSTI as DE97744185","Japan Solar Energy Society, Tokyo (Japan)","","Japan","1996-10-27","","English","Conference","","","","Conference: JSES/JWEA joint conference (1996), 1996 nendo nihon taiyo energy gakkai nihon furyoku energy kyokai godo kenkyu happyokai, Yamagata (Japan), 31 Oct - 1 Nov 1996; Other Information: PBD: 27 Oct 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of JSES/JWEA Joint Conference (1996); PB: 406 p.; Taiyo/furyoku energy koen ronbunshu (1996)","","Medium: ED; Size: pp. 177-180","ON: DE97744185","CONF-9610295-","","Other: ON: DE97744185; TRN: 96:915474","https://doi.org/","","2018-03-22","472767","https://www.osti.gov/etdeweb/servlets/purl/472767"