Spectral solar radiation measurements and turbidity: Comparative studies within a tropical and a sub-arctic environment

ZD Adeyefa, B Holmgren, JA Adedokun - Solar Energy, 1997 - Elsevier
The effects of atmospheric turbidity due to aerosols on the direct solar irradiance at the
surface at a low latitude (Ile-Ife (7° 30′ N, 4° 31′ E), south-western Nigeria) and a high …

Spectral solar irradiance before and during a Harmattan dust spell

ZD Adeyefa, B Holmgren - Solar Energy, 1996 - Elsevier
Measurements of the ground-level spectral distributions of the direct, diffuse and global solar
irradiance between 300 and 1100 nm were made at Akure (7.15° N, 5.5° E), Nigeria, in …

Atmospheric turbidity and the diffuse irradiance in Lagos, Nigeria

AAL Maduekwe, MAC Chendo - Solar Energy, 1997 - Elsevier
Values of the Angstrom turbidity coefficient, β, at 0.50 μm wavelength have been determined
in Lagos, a tropical coastal city in Nigeria, for 17months between 1990 and 1991 using a …

Atmospheric turbidity and transmittance of solar radiation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

MS El-Shobokshy, YG Al-Saedi - Atmospheric Environment. Part B. Urban …, 1993 - Elsevier
During the last two decades, the urban areas in the city of Riyadh—the capital of Saudi
Arabia—were increasing at an exceptionally high rate through a series of development …

Spectral solar irradiance under Harmattan conditions

ZD Adeyefa, B Holmgren, JA Adedokun - Renewable Energy, 1995 - Elsevier
Results of spectral solar radiation measurements at Ile-Ife (7°-30′ N, 4° 31′ E; South
Western Nigeria) for two non-consecutive months between December 1991 and February …

BROAD‐BAND TURBIDITY PARAMETERS AND SPECTRAL BAND RESOLUTION OF SOLAR RADIATION FOR THE PERIOD 1954–1991, IN ATHENS, GREECE

CP Jacovides, JD Karalis - … Journal of Climatology: A Journal of …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
In the present analysis broad‐band turbidity parameters, which depend upon the attenuation
over the entire solar spectrum and which can be determined from unfiltered pyrheliometric …

[PDF][PDF] Sun-photometric measurements of atmospheric turbidity variations caused by the Pinatubo aerosol cloud in the Himalayan region during the summer periods of …

C Tomasi, V Vitale, L Tarozzi - NUOVO CIMENTO-SOCIETA ITALIANA DI …, 1997 - core.ac.uk
Measurements of direct solar irradiance were taken episodically on two days of September
1990 and regularly in the summer periods from July to October 1991 and from mid-July to …

Preliminary assessment of atmospheric turbidity at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

MA Abdelrahman, BG Nimmo - Atmospheric Environment (1967), 1984 - Elsevier
Spectral beam solar radiation measurements for the period July 1980 to June 1981 were
made in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Lat. 26° 23′, Long. 50° 00′), using broad-band niter …

Changes in solar irradiance and atmospheric turbidity in Costa Rica during the total solar eclipse of July 11, 1991

W Fernandez, V Castro, J Wright, H Hidalgo… - Earth, Moon, and …, 1993 - Springer
Solar global radiation was measured in several places in Costa Rica during the total solar
eclipse that occurred on July 11, 1991. In two of these places, Puntarenas and Santa Cruz …

The Diffuse Fraction of Global Solar Irradianceat a Tropical Location

MG Iziomon, TO Aro - Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 1998 - Springer
The annual and monthly mean diurnal variations of the diffuse fraction of global solar
irradiance arriving on the ground at a tropical station in Sub-Sahel Africa is here been …