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Direct Radiation: Ratio Between horizontal and Tilted Surfaces

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Solar Energy, 43 (3): 183--190 (1989)

Abstract

The ratio between direct radiation on a tilted surface and direct radiation on a horizontal surface is examined on a daily and monthly average basis. This direct ratio factor, often called Rb, is shown to vary with beam intensity. The atmospheric weighting model, presented in a previous paper, is shown to accurately estimate the direct ratio factor. A comparison is made between Rs calculated from hourly beam data from the Pacific Northwest, and R predicted using the atmospheric weighting model and other direct ratio models.

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