Solar and infrared radiation measurements / Frank Vignola, Joseph Michalsky, and Thomas Stoffel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vignola, Frank.

Contributor:

Michalsky, Joseph.

Stoffel, Thomas L.

Series:

Energy and the environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solar radiation--Measurement.

Solar radiation.

Radiometers.

Physical Description:

xxi, 493 pages.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2020.

Summary:

"The rather specialized field of solar and infrared radiation measurements has become increasingly important due to the increased demands by the renewable energy and climate change research communities for data with higher accuracy and increased temporal and spatial resolutions. Recent advances in radiometry, measurement systems, and information dissemination also have increased the need for refreshing the literature available for this topic. This book provides the reader with an up-to-date review of the important aspects of solar and infrared radiation measurements: radiometer design; equipment installation, operation, maintenance, and calibration; data quality assessment parameters; and the knowledge necessary to properly interpret and apply the measured data to a variety of topics. Each of the authors has more than 40 years of experience with this subject, primarily as the result of developing and operating multiple measurement stations, working with the industry to improve radiometry, and conducting various research projects. The book’s scope and subject matter have been designed to help a wide audience gain a general understanding of this subject and to serve as a technical reference. A student new to the field will benefit from the review of terminology and the historical perspective for radiometry before addressing more detailed topics in radiometry that we hope will be of interest to the more experienced reader."--Publisher.

Contents:

Measuring solar and infrared radiation

Definitions and terminology

Historic milestones in solar and infrared radiation measurement

Direct normal irradiance

Measuring broadband global irradiance

Diffuse irradiance

Solar spectral measurements

Albedo

Measuring solar radiation on a tilted surface

Shadowband radiometers

Infrared measurements

Net radiation measurements

Radiometer calibrations

Ancillary measurements meteorological measurements

Setting up a solar monitoring station best practices

Solar radiation estimates derived from satellite images and auxiliary measurements

Appendices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-351-60020-6

1-351-60021-4

1-315-10513-6

9781315105130

OCLC:

1111487322