Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6692631 | Applied Energy | 2013 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Measurements of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and global solar radiation (G) at WHU, Central China during 2006-2011 were used to investigate the seasonal characteristics of PAR and PAR/G (PAR fraction). Both PAR and PAR fraction showed similar seasonal features that peaked in values during summer and reached their lowest in winter with annual mean values being 22.39 mol mâ2 dâ1 and 1.9 mol M Jâ1 respectively. By analyzing the dependence of PAR on cosine of solar zenith angle and clearness index at WHU, an efficient all-weather model was developed for estimating PAR values under various sky conditions, which also produced accepted estimations with high accuracy at Lhasa and Fukang. PAR dataset was then reconstructed from G for 1961-2011 through the new developed model. Annual mean daily PAR was about 23.12 mol mâ2 dâ1, there was a significant decreasing trend (11.2 mol mâ2 per decade) during the last 50 years in Central China, the decreases were sharpest in summer (â24.67 mol mâ2 per decade) with relatively small decreases being observed in spring. Meanwhile, results also revealed that PAR began to increase at a rate of 0.1 mol mâ2 per year from 1991 to 2011, which was in consistent with variation patterns of global solar radiation in the study area. The proposed all-weather PAR model would be of vital importance for ecological modeling, atmospheric environment, agricultural processes and solar energy application.
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Authors
Lunche Wang, Wei Gong, Chen Li, Aiwen Lin, Bo Hu, Yingying Ma,