Solar Radiation Data

W. PALZ Commission of the European Communities Directorate-General for Science Research and Development Brussels STRATEGY PAPER EC SOLAR ENERGY R&D PROGRAMME Project F Solar Radiation Data - OUTLINE (Status as of April 1981) 5 ACTION 1 -Calibration and characteristics of radiometers J. -L. PLAZY Commissariat a lEnergie Solaire Sophia Anti­ polis Val bonne France 11 ACTION 2 -Short reference years H. LUND Thermal Insulation Laboratory Technical University of Denmark Lyngby Denmark 19 ACTION 3 -ATLAS AND DATA BOOKS (from existing data) ACTION 3. 1 - Global irradiance on horizontal plane - Definition of radiation climate zones in the EC F. KASTEN Deutscher Wetterdienst Meteorologisches Obser- torium Hamburg Federal Republic of Germany 28 ACTION 3. 2 - Global irradiance on tilted planes - Direct radiation R. DOGNIAUX Institut Royal Meteorologique de Belgique 37 ACTION 3. 3 -Statistical analysis of meteorological data J. A. BEDEL Direction de la Meteorologie Service Meteoro- gique metropolitain Paris France 53 ACTION 3. 4 -Sensitivity analysis of the useful energy output for solar converters with respect to quality and completeness of meteorological data sets H. R. KOCH KFA Julieh Institut fUr Kernphysik 74 ACTION 4 -NEW MEASUREMENTS AND TECHNOLOGIES ACTION 4. 1 -Improvement of measurements in national network- global direct diffuse irradiance and irradiance on inclined surfaces J. W. GRUETER Kernforschungsanlage Julich Federal Republic of Germany 92 ACTION 4. 2 - Special measurements J. -L.