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• 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.