ScienceAsia 4 (1978): 016-026 |doi: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.1978.04.016

THE STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF HOURLY SOLAR RADIATION AMOUNTS IN THAILAND

R.H.B. EXELL and Md. MAMINUL HUQ^*

Summary: Tables are given of the statistical distributions of the ratio of actual hourly solar radiation amounts to maximum possible amounts at Chiang Mai and Bangkok for six classes of daily total solar radiation and for eight 1 1/2 month periods of the year. The use of these tables to simulate the fluctuating sequence of hourly solar radiation amounts is discussed.

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Division of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 2754, Bangkok, Thailand

Received 27 December 1977