ATM 2020
DOI: 10.20937/atm.52796
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Evaluation of clearness index and cloudiness index using measured global solar radiation data: A case study for a tropical climatic region of Nigeria

Abstract: En este estudio se utiliza una base de datos de radiación solar de dos años (enero 2016-diciembre 2017) para modelar índices de claridad y nubosidad en Ile-Ife, Nigeria, una localidad tropical. Los análisis de variación diaria mostraron que en la mayor parte de los días la nubosidad es uniforme en el sitio de estudio, con muy pocos días extremadamente claros o nubosos. En el plano mensual, el índice de claridad fluctuó entre 0.27 y 0.51, en tanto que el índice de nubosidad varió de 0.44 a 0.72, lo cual confirm… Show more

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“…Simultaneously, the relative humidity and air temperature were measured using a temperature and humidity probe (model HMP45C, Campbell Scientific, North Logan, UT, USA) positioned at a height of 2 m above the ground surface (see Figure 2). In addition, the wind speed and wind directions were measured using a three-dimensional ultrasonic anemometer (model CSAT3, Campbell Scientific, North Logan, UT, USA), which was incorporated into an eddy covariance system [77,86,88]. The actinometric, temperature, and relative humidity data were recorded as one-minute values in units of W/m 2 .…”
Section: Study Site and Ground Datamentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Simultaneously, the relative humidity and air temperature were measured using a temperature and humidity probe (model HMP45C, Campbell Scientific, North Logan, UT, USA) positioned at a height of 2 m above the ground surface (see Figure 2). In addition, the wind speed and wind directions were measured using a three-dimensional ultrasonic anemometer (model CSAT3, Campbell Scientific, North Logan, UT, USA), which was incorporated into an eddy covariance system [77,86,88]. The actinometric, temperature, and relative humidity data were recorded as one-minute values in units of W/m 2 .…”
Section: Study Site and Ground Datamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, owing to the fact that the study site is located on a Teaching and Research Farm, the various farming activities and preparation for planting during the dry season may have contributed to the supplementary load of fine particles in the atmosphere. The low values and fluctuations observed in the wet months are due to the preponderant effect of the water vapor along with the removal and washout of dust aerosol particles suspended in the atmosphere by rainfall, which consequently led to lower turbidity in the atmosphere [88,114]. On some specific days, such as DOY 88 and 105 in the transition months, high values of the turbidity coefficient of 5.54 and 0.53 were recorded for T L and β EST , respectively, on DOY 88, while a value of 5.42 was recorded for T L on DOY 105.…”
Section: Daily Temporal and Monthly Variations In Atmospheric Turbidi...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It measures the transparency of the Earth's atmosphere to solar radiation [26,27]. Surface solar radiation is the product of atmosphere clearness and extraterrestrial solar radiation [28][29][30]. Extraterrestrial solar radiation is deterministic as a function of astronomical geometry [26,31], whereas atmosphere clearness is variate and dominates the variation of surface solar radiation [27,29].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%