The seasonal variability of the amount of global solar radiation reaching the ground in urban and rural areas on the example of Warsaw and Belsk

Nelken Kinga () and Leziak Kamil ()
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Nelken Kinga: Department of Climatology, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
Leziak Kamil: Department of Climatology, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw

Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, 2016, vol. 20, issue 4, 29-37

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to determine the contemporary differences in the inflow of global solar radiation in Warsaw (urban station) and Belsk (rural station). The meteorological data used comprised daily sums of global solar radiation (in MJ•m−2) and the duration of sunshine (in hours) for the period 2008 2014. On clear days in spring and summer, the rural area receives more solar radiation in comparison to the urban area, whereas in autumn a reverse relationship occurs. On cloudy days in all seasons, the rural area receives more solar radiation than the urban area, and the relationship is the strongest in winter. Differences between urban and rural areas on cloudy days are smaller than those observed on clear days.

Keywords: Global solar radiation; clear days; cloudy days; Warsaw; Belsk (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1515/mgrsd-2016-0022

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