Environmental data for sites in the National Solar Data Network

Technical Report · Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6428827· OSTI ID:6428827

Environmental information collected at the sites of the National Solar Data Network is presented in the form of tables for each solar site. The sites are grouped into 12 zones, each of which consists of several adjacent states. The insolation table presents the total, diffuse, direct, maximum, and extraterrestrial radiation for the solar site. It also shows the ratio of total to extraterrestrial radiation, as a percent. The temperature table gives the average, daytime, nighttime, maximum, minimum and inlet-water temperatures for the solar site. All of the passive and some of the active solar sites are equipped with wind sensors which provide information for two wind tables furnishing wind speed and direction. For some sites, a humidity table provides relative humidity values for day and night. It also gives values for the maximum and minimum humidity for each day. A technical discussion of the instruments and measurements used to obtain these data tables is included. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Automation Industries, Inc., Silver Spring, MD (USA). Vitro Labs. Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-79CS30027
• OSTI ID: 6428827
• Report Number(s): SOLAR/0010-81/05; ON: DE81023617
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
METEOROLOGY
DATA COMPILATION
WEATHER
ANEMOMETERS
DIFFUSE SOLAR RADIATION
DIRECT SOLAR RADIATION
HUMIDITY
HYGROMETRY
INSOLATION
PYRANOMETERS
TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
THERMOMETERS
WIND
DATA
EQUIPMENT
INFORMATION
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NUMERICAL DATA
RADIATIONS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR FLUX
SOLAR RADIATION
STELLAR RADIATION
140100* - Solar Energy- Resources & Availability