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Why does Rhinopithecus bieti prefer the highest elevation range in winter? A test of the sunshine hypothesis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Environmental factors that affect spatiotemporal distribution patterns of animals usually include resource availability, temperature, and the risk of predation.
Rui-Chang Quan +6 more
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Atmosphere, 2019 Sunshine duration is an important indicator of the amount of solar radiation received in a region and an important input parameter for the study of atmospheric energy balance, climate change, ecosystem evolution, and social sustainability.
Weiwei Zhu +7 more
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Study on photovoltaic power forecasting model based on peak sunshine hours and sunshine duration
Energy Science & Engineering, 2023 Accurate prediction of photovoltaic power generation is a critical technical problem for utilizing solar energy. Aiming at the problem that the model parameters are difficult to obtain in applying photovoltaic power prediction methods, this paper has ...
Hang Zhao +4 more
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Mathematical Determination of the Upper and Lower Limits of the Diffuse Fraction at Any Site
Applied Sciences, 2021 A mathematical method for accurately determining the upper and lower diffuse-fraction (kd) limits that divide the sky into clear, intermediate, and overcast is developed. Fourteen sites around the world are selected for demonstrating the methodology. The
Harry D. Kambezidis +2 more
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Impact of global dimming on reference evapotranspiration in Hai River basin, China [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2015 Global radiation can impact the surface energy balance and hydrological cycle. This study analysed changes in global radiation in Hai River basin, China during 1960 to 2012.
N. Zhao, X. Zeng, H. Sun
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Journal of Agricultural Meteorology, 1960 The statistics on sunshine duration are provided which may be of a direct use in planning various industries as well as agriculture.The climate based on the sunshine duration, which has so far not been made clear simply by the conventional statistics on the normals, is presented by displaying as a sample the following items for Fukuoka:(1) Normal ...
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Estimation of Daily Sunshine Duration from Terra and Aqua MODIS Data
Advances in Meteorology, 2014 Some studies have shown that the estimation of global sunshine duration can be done with the help of geostationary satellites because they can record several images of the same location in a day.
H. M. Kandirmaz, K. Kaba
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Relationships between sunshine duration and air temperature in Poland
Geographia Polonica, 2022 The aim of the paper is to characterize the trends of sunshine duration (SDU) and air temperature in Poland, which may help understand the mechanism of contemporary climate change.
Dorota Matuszko +2 more
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Impact of Urbanization on Sunshine Duration from 1987 to 2016 in Hangzhou City, China
Atmosphere, 2021 Worldwide solar dimming from the 1960s to the 1980s has been widely recognized, but the occurrence of solar brightening since the late 1980s is still under debate—particularly in China.
Kai Jin +4 more
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Climate Resource Potential to Develop Solar Power in Belarus [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 The work analyses climate resources that can potentially be used to develop solar power in Belarus efficiently. The authors determine space-time variability of radiation regime including such parameters as solar irradiance, atmosphere transparency ...
Meshyk Aleh +4 more
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