TITLE:
Regional and Monthly Assessment of Extraterrestrial Solar Radiations in Pakistan
AUTHORS:
Romana Ambreen, Iftikhar Ahmad, Xinfa Qiu, Menjei Li
KEYWORDS:
Pakistan, Extraterrestrial Solar Radiation, Monthly, Spatial Distribution, GIS
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geographic Information System,
Vol.7 No.1,
February
25,
2015
ABSTRACT: The monthly
extraterrestrial solar radiations (ESR) have been simulated separately for all
the months of the year. The subtropical location and distribution of mountains
and their height determine the spatial distribution and amount of ESR in
Pakistan. The mountains, piedmonts, enclosed valleys and plains show distinct
diversity of ESR values. The assessment acknowledged that countries like
Pakistan with ever increasing demand of energy receive sufficient amount of ESR
that could be linked with solar irradiance where development of solar energy
has great potential. The simulation was done with the help of ArcGIS based on
distributed modeling.