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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
790 pages
30h 5m
English
CRC Press
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271Fundamentals of Solar Radiation
© 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
5.5 Estimation of Terrestrial Solar Radiation
As extraterrestrial solar radiation, I, passes through the atmosphere, a part of it is reected
back into space, a part is absorbed by air and water vapor, and some gets scattered by
molecules of air, water vapor, aerosols, and dust particles (Figure 5.16). The part of solar
radiation that reaches the surface of the earth with essentially no change in direction is
called direct or beam radiation. The scattered diffuse radiation reaching the surface from the
sky is called the sky diffuse radiation.
Although extraterrestrial radiation ...
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