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Information on Services |
Quick Overview of Services
| Astronomy - Sun Course |
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| Climate |
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| Energy - Daylighting |
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| Environment |
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| Geography |
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| Meteorology |
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| Units - Converter |
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| Astronomy - Sun-Earth Geometry - Extraterrestrial Radiation |
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Solar Declination, Distance Earth to Sun, Difference True and Mean Solar Time. For each day, get
solar declination, distance between the sun and the earth, and
the difference between true solar time and mean solar time. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). |
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Extraterrestrial irradiance, also called extraterrestrial radiation. For each day of a period, provides the irradiance (W/m²)
of a surface perpendicular to the sun's rays, located at the limits of the atmosphere. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). |
| Astronomy - Daylength - Position of the Sun in the Sky |
The relative positions of the Earth and the Sun vary during a year. The Sun is at zenith at noon solar time, but its elevation above the horizon changes from day to day for a same site. The same for the duration of the day. This service helps in answering these questions. It provides the position of the Sun in the sky.
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Daylength - Sunrise and Sunset. For each day of a period,
get daylength and time for sunrise and sunset. A graph displays
the change in daylength during the period. Hours are given in
true solar time, mean solar time and universal time (UT). Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). |
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Position
of the Sun in the Sky (applet Java). This applet Java computes
the location of the Sun (zenith, azimut) as a function
of the latitude and day, in true solar time (12 h = zenith). Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). More information
Needs
Java to be installed. If necessary, download a
version of JAVA (JRE) on the web site of the company
Sun. Download is automatic and takes 1 to 2 minutes.
It may be not necessary to re-start the computer.. |
| Astronomy - Top of Atmosphere Radiation |
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Radiation received by a horizontal surface located at the top of atmosphere during a day. For each day of a period, provides the irradiance (W/m²)
and irradiation (J/m², Wh/m²)
of a horizontal surface located at the top of the atmosphere
during that day and for a given site. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). |
| Materials, Paintings, Coatings - Ageing - Weathering |
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Database of Climatic Data in Solar Radiation, Temperature and Relative Humidity. Monthly and yearly averages of solar radiation, air temperature (daily minimum, maximum and mean) and relative humidity (daily minimum, maximum and mean). Averages from 1990 to 2004 (15 years). Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). More information |
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Monthly Averages of Air Temperature. Monthly averages (approx. 30 years) of air
temperature resulting from interpolation of measurements made
in meteorological networks. Provider: Meteotest, Switzerland. More information |
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Solar Radiation, Air Temperature and Relative Humidity. Monthly and yearly averages of solar radiation, air temperature (daily minimum, maximum and mean) and relative humidity (daily minimum, maximum and mean) averaged over the period 1990-2004. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines, France. More information |
| Climate - Normals - Typical and Reference Years |
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Normal Year - Global Radiation and Air
Temperature. Synthesized time-series (hourly, daily,
monthly) of global radiation on horizontal or inclined planes
and air temperature for normal years. Provider: Meteotest, Switzerland. More information |
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Typical Values for UV - World. Global and diffuse horizontal irradiance
(irradiation) for UV-A, UV-B, erythemal. Worldwide. Typical
values based on climatological data. Provider: Meteotest, Switzerland. More information |
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Degree-Days
Below a Given Temperature. For Europe. Provider: Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat, France. More information |
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Degree-Days
Above a Given Temperature. For Europe. Provider: Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat, France. More information |
| Climate - Frequency of Types of Sky |
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Frequency
of Types of Sky in Europe. This service provides monthly
frequencies of three different sky types: sunny, intermediate
and cloudy, for a period covering 1996 to 2000, for any site
located in Western and Central Europe (source: Satel-Light). Provider: Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat, France. More information |
| Climate - Optical Turbidity - Typical Values for Clear Skies |
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Monthly
Values of Linke Turbidity Factor. The Linke turbidity factor characterizes the optical turbidity of the atmosphere. Provider: Meteotest, Switzerland. More information |
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Simulation of Hourly Irradiation for One Clear-Sky Day. This service
simulates the hourly and daily irradiations under clear skies
for any geographical location, any day and any elevation. The
clear sky is characterised by the Linke turbidity factor, an
input to the simulator.
The receiving plane may be horizontal or inclined. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines, France. More information |
| Energy - Panel Orientation - Water heating |
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Slope
leading to maximum total irradiation. For any
site in Europe, this service provides the slope of an inclined
surface receiving the maximum of radiation. No mask taken into
account. Provider: Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat, France. More information |
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Averaged Yearly Performance of a Solar Water Heater. This service gives
a rapid estimate of the annual energy output of a solar water
heater for any geographical location in Europe. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines, France. More information |
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Potential
of Daylight in a Room. SODALIGHT, a service to evaluate
the potential of daylight in a room that you design yourself. Provider: Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'Etat, France. More information |
| Environment - Photosynthesis in the Ocean |
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Time-series of Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) at sub-surface.
Use the HelioClim-1 database containing daily values. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines, France. More information |
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Vertical profile of PAR for a day.
Use the HelioClim-1 database containing daily values. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines, France. More information |
| Environment - Air Quality |
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ABLE - A meteorological pre-processor for dispersion codes. Worldwide. This service deals with the modelling of the advection and dispersion
of pollutants. It is a pre-processor, called ABLE, that permits to set up some
values that are used in the codes. Provider: Department of Physics, University of Genoa,
Italy. More information |
| Geography - Coordinates of cities |
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Find the geographical coordinates of any city. This service exploits the geographical gazetteer, i.e., a set of names of cities worldwide with their geographical coordinates. This is a revised version of the database of the USA National Geo-intelligence Agency, available at GeoNet Names Server. Provider : MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). |
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Europe - Grid size 21 km. This service provides forecasts of several meteorological parameters, including radiation components, for 3 days every 3-hours. Provider: ISAC-CNR, DIFI, CMIRL (Italy). More information
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Italy-centered region - Grid size 10 km. This service provides forecasts of several meteorological parameters, including radiation components, for 3 days every 3-hours. Provider: ISAC-CNR, DIFI, CMIRL (Italy). More information
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World. This service provides forecasts of several meteorological parameters at surface: wind, air pressure, temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, and irradiances, for 3 days every 3-hours. Provider: National Centers for Environmental Prediction, NOAA (USA). More information
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HelioClim-1. Database of Solar Radiation - Day to Month - Europe - Africa. Irradiance values from the database HelioClim-1, computed from images of the Meteosat satellites, from 1985 to 2005. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). More information
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HelioClim-2. Database of Solar Radiation - Hour to Month - Europe - Africa. Irradiance values from the database HelioClim-2, computed from images of the Meteosat satellites since February 2004. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). More information
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HelioClim-3. Database of Solar Radiation - Minute to Month - Europe - Africa. Irradiance values from the database HelioClim-3, computed from images of the Meteosat satellites since February 2004. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). More information
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MARS. Database of Solar Radiation - Europe. This resource provides time-series of daily irradiation from 1975 onwards for areas 50 x 50 km2, computed from spatial interpolation of time-series measured in meteorological networks. Provider: European Commission (UE). |
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NASA-SSE. Database of Solar Radiation - World. This resource provides time-series of daily irradiation from 1st July 1983 to 31st December 2003 for cells of 1 degree by 1 degree. Provider: NASA (USA). More information |
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NASA-SSE + HelioClim-1. Get the Best of the NASA SSE and HelioClim Databases of Solar Radiation - World. This service provides time-series of daily irradiation from 1st July 1983 to 31st December 1993. It automatically selects the database offering the best quality for the selected site. Provider: NASA (USA) and MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). |
| Text Files for Mapping and GIS |
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HelioClim-1. Text Files of Monthly Values of Solar Radiation - Europe - Africa. Monthly means of radiation, from the database HelioClim-1, 1985 to 2005. One month: one file. Each text file comprises the following triplet: latitude, longitude, radiation, for each geographical cell. Such files are easily ingested by GIS. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). More information |
| Radiation on Inclined Surface (direct, diffuse and reflected components) |
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HelioClim-2. Hourly or Daily Values of Solar Radiation on Inclined or Horizontal Plane - Europe - Africa. Time-series of hourly or daily values of radiation on inclined or horizontal plane for direct, diffuse and reflected components. The time-series are created from daily values of the database HelioClim-2. Since February 2004. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). More information |
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HelioClim-3. Values of Solar Radiation on Inclined or Horizontal Plane - Minute to Month - Europe - Africa. Time-series of values of radiation on inclined or horizontal plane for direct, diffuse and reflected components. The time-series are created from values of the database HelioClim-3. Since February 2004. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). More information |
| DNI - Direct Normal Irradiance |
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HelioClim-2. Monthly and Yearly Values of Solar Radiation with Normal Incidence - Europe - Africa. Monthly and yearly sums of radiation received by a mobile plane constantly facing the sun created from daily values of the database HelioClim-2. Since February 2004. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). More information |
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HelioClim-3. Values of Solar Radiation with Normal Incidence - Minute to Year - Europe - Africa. Radiation received by a mobile plane constantly facing the sun created from values of the database HelioClim-3. Since February 2004. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). More information |
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UV from HelioClim-1. Daily Values of UV Radiation - Europe - Africa. This service uses the spectral irradiation model defined
by the Belgian Meteorological Office and reported in ESRA
(vol 2, page 158), applied to the HelioClim-1 database. Period 1985-2005. Provider: MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). More information |
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Sexagesimal Degrees into Decimal Degrees. Several
angles, such as latitudes, are often expressed in degree, minute
and second, e.g., 45° 30 min. Computers prefer decimal system,
e.g., 45.5°. This service offer a conversion of an angle
from the sexagesimal system into the decimal system. Provider : MINES ParisTech / Armines (France). More information |
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10/23/08 6:02 PM