For a research project, the solar flux density data for a specific place in Australia is required. Finding solar radiation figures based on its unit (KWh/m2) per year or month is doable through the net, while it seems a bit difficult to find these data based on W/m2 which defines solar flux density. On the other hand, I believe it is not a good idea to convert the radiation into flux density within a period of time (a year or a month) as it gives average flux. For our specific case, I need to determine power of a collector field which implies the need for flux density but not solar radiation.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/search?qs=solar%20flux%20density&show=25&sortBy=relevance
Try this resorces:
http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvgis/apps4/pvest.php#
http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvg_tools/en/tools.html#HR
http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvg_tools/en/tools.html#TMY
They are for Europe, North and Central America.
Or:
https://pvwatts.nrel.gov/
It has more widest coverage
Hi sir
You can easily can write a code in matlab based on duffie and beckman book solar thermal....
Dear Vladimir,
I tried the links but non of them includes the data with regards to Australia. Any advice?
You can try to simulate sun radiation data You needs by combination model for Clear Sky days with meteorological data on Cloudines for Your location.
There are a lot publications on Sun Radiation models for Clear Sky conditions and for Cloudines index influence on Sun Radiation.
https://photovoltaic-software.com/solar-radiation-database.php
Hi: The following of portal of IRENA contains data on solar radiation:
https://irena.masdar.ac.ae/gallery/#gallery
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