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x Solar and Meteorological Surface Observational Network CDROM
ols.nndc.noaa.gov/plolstore/plsql/olstore.prodspecific?prodnum=C00115-
CDR-S0002
NREL Renewable Resource Data Centre
x rredc.nrel.gov/solar

Integrated Surface Irradiance Study
x www.srrb.noaa.gov/isis/index.html

Florida Solar Energy Center, Photovoltaic Systems Data Network
x www.fsec.ucf.edu/pvt/Pvdb/index.htm

Other
x Hulstrom, R.L. (1989), Solar Resources, Cambridge, MIT Press.

D.7 ALGERIA
x Capderou, M. (1988), Atlas Solaire de l’Algerie, Tome 2: Aspect énergétique,
Office des publications Universitaires, Alger.

D.8 BRAZIL
x Colle, S. & Pereira, E. (1998), Atlas de Irradiaçao Solar do Brasil, INM,
Labsolar EMC-UFSC.

D.9 REGRESSION CONSTANTS
Following are sources for regression constants for estimation of monthly average of
daily global radiation incident on a horizontal surface from sunshine hours data
x Muirhead, I.J. & Kuhn, D.J. (1990), ‘Photovoltaic power system design using
available meteorological data’, Proc. 4th International Photovoltaic Science
and Engineering Conference, Sydney, 1989, pp. 947–953. (Regression data
for Australia.)
x Rietveld, M.R. (1978), ‘A new method for estimating the regression
coefficients in the formula relating solar radiation to sunshine’, Agricultural
Meteorology, 19, pp. 243–252. (Collects and reviews data from around the
world.)
x Löf, G.O.G., Duffie, J.A. & Smith, C.O. (1966), ‘World distribution of solar
radiation’, Solar Energy, 10(1), pp. 27–37. (Collects and reviews data from
around the world.)
x Hounam, C. E. (1963), ‘Estimates of solar radiation over Australia’,
Australian Meteorological Magazine, 43, pp. 1–14. (Six Australian sites and
interpolated maps for average daily insolation across Australia for January
and June.)
x Iqbal, M. (1983), An Introduction to Solar Radiation, Academic Press,
Toronto. (Regression data for Canada.)
x Schulze, R.E. (1976), ‘A physically based method of estimating solar
radiation from sunshine records’, Agricultural Meteorology, 16, pp. 85–101.
(Critical review.)

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