|Compiled by: Viivi Russak, Ain Kallis
Edited by: Heino Tooming
Year of publication: 2003
Handbook is compiled at the Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute.384 sheets, hardcover (text is in Estonian language; tables, figures and appendixes are in Estonian and English).
Episodic measurments of solar radiation have been carried out in Estonia as early as the 1930´s. Continuous observations of the components of the radiation budget began in Tartu in January 1950.
|This book should be of interest to a wide variety of specialists, including climatologists, meteorologists, biologists, farmers, architects, solar power specialists, those in medical fields such as dermatology and epidemiology, as well as many others.|
- The Sun as a source of light
- Short history of solar radiation measurments
Sun-Earth realtionshipsSolar radiation measurments
Radiation in the atmosphere and at the surface. Solar radiation instrumentation.
- Requirements for radiation stations
- Sunshine duration
- Atmospheric transparency
- Instantaneous observations
Hourly, daily, monthly and yearly totals of radiation (at Toravere and Tiirikoja)
Direct radiation. Diffuse radiation. Global radiation. Reflected short-wave radiation. Albedo. Ultraviolet radiation. Net radiation.
- Long-term trends in the components of radiation budget.
Radiation on non-horizontal surfaces.
Tilted surfaces. Vertical walls.
- Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR)
- Estonian-English-Russian dictionary of radiation terms
- Symbols, units