I want to calculate daily and hourly solar radiation on the horizontal surface. I have only seen the method for finding extraterrestrial radiation on books and journal papers.
can anyone tell me how I can estimate it?
You need to be more specific:
- Region?
- Clear-sky only or all-weather?
- Period?
- Temporal resolution?
- By "calculation", do you mean access to modeled data, measured data, or just your own model?
There is actually _considerable_ literature on this topic, usually called "solar resource". As a jump start, you should read
Technical Report Best Practices Handbook for the Collection and Use of Solar ...
andhttps://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319974835
Right Sir,
Region: if we have specific latitude and longitude of location and altitude.
We want to calculate all-weather or partial weather conditions and clear skies.
The time period between sunrise to sunset or any time of the day.
First I want to calculate by model data.
Thank you, sir, for your help.
Regards:
You did not define your region of interest...
There are many sources of data out there, but most are region specific.
Again, you need to read the documents I mentioned, then come back to us with more precise questions...
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