Assessments of Solar, Thermal and Net Irradiance from Simple Solar Geometry and Routine Meteorological Measurements in the Pannonian Basin
Open Access
- 21 July 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Atmosphere
- Vol. 12 (8), 935
- https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12080935
Abstract
In this paper, we discussed several different procedures for calculating irradiation from routine weather measurements and observations. There are between four and eight frequently used parameterizations of radiation balance components in meteorological preprocessors, and we investigated them. First of all, the estimated and measured solar and net irradiance were compared. Afterwards, the estimated and measured longwave irradiance were investigated. Then, we recalculated the net irradiance from the sum of global solar irradiance, longwave downwelling irradiance, reflect solar irradiance and upwelling longwave irradiance. Statistical estimates of the described methods were also recalculated compared with each shortwave and longwave radiation budget component measured separately with WMO first-class radiation instruments (Kipp&Zonen CMP6 and CMP11 and CGR3 and CGR4) in the Agrometeorological Observatory Debrecen, Hungary during one-year time period. Finally, we compared the calculated and measured values for longer periods (2008–2010 and 2008–2017) through statistical errors. The suggested parameterizations of the net radiation based on the separately parameterized all radiation balance components were: Foken’s calculation for clear sky solar global irradiance, Beljaars and Bosveld parameterization for albedo, Dilley and O’Brien methodology for the clear sky incoming longwave (LW) irradiance and Holstlag and Van Ulden cloudiness correction for all sky incoming LW and for the LW outgoing irradiance.This publication has 51 references indexed in Scilit:
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