Surface incident solar radiation (Rs) is a key parameter in many climatic and ecological processes. The data from satellites and reanalysis have been widely used. However, for reanalysis, Rs data has been shown to have substantial spatial bias, and the time span of reliable satellite Rs is too short for climatic and ecological studies. Combining reanalysis and satellite data would be an effecti...

Surface net radiation plays an important role in land–atmosphere interactions. The net radiation can be retrieved from satellite radiative products, yet its accuracy needs comprehensive assessment. This study evaluates monthly surface net radiation generated from the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) and the Surface Radiation Budget project (SRB) products, respectively, with ...

One of the main consumers of energy in buildings are the HVAC systems intended to maintain the internal environment for the comfort and safety of the occupants. Occupant satisfaction, is influenced by many different factors, including air temperature, radiant temperature, humidity, the outdoor environment, activity levels and clothing. Occupant thermal comfort is traditionally measured by the P...

Different applications dealing with plant physiology, biomass production and natural illumination in greenhouses require knowledge of the photosynthetically active radiation. In absence of measurements of this flux, one must rely on parametric approaches. In this way, the radiant energy is computed using available atmospheric parameters. In the present work, we have developed a comparison among...

Solar radiation is a critical variable in global change sciences. While most of the current global datasets provide only the total downward solar radiation, we aim to develop a method to estimate the downward global land surface solar radiation and its partitioned direct and diffuse components, which provide the necessary key meteorological inputs for most land surface models. We developed a si...

The paper presents a simplified mathematical model to describe the transient heat transfer of a radiant floor heating system. A purpose-built test room has been realized to investigate the actual thermal response of a concrete radiant floor in unsteady-state conditions. Beyond the temperature sensors needed for the standard thermal analysis of the heat transfer inside the chamber, the floor tem...

An open question in the study of quasiconvex function is the characterization of the class of functions which are sum of quasiconvex functions. In this paper we restrict attention to quasiconvex radiant functions, i.e. those whose level sets are radiant as well as convex and deal with the claim that a function can be expressed as the sum of quasiconvex radiant functions if and only if it is rad...

This work evaluates the passengers thermal comfort level inside a vehicles compartment. The numerical study, made in winter conditions, consider bus indoor environment equipped with internal curtains, seats, lateral panels, ceiling, floor and occupied by 52 passengers. model considers vehicle grid generation, body clothing response level. generation is used to evaluate view factors Mean Radiant...

This paper describes results of a field measurement in which the feasibility low temperature heating and performance improvement by means convection enhancement around radiators were examined radiant with plastic multi-tubular an existing reinforced concrete house without thermal insulation. Radiant can make both room air temperatures MRTs 22〜25℃ PMVs 0 〜± 0.5 supply being 30〜36℃. Convection sm...

The determination of the thermal comfort indices needs the evaluating devices. The physical measured parameters of the milieu input in this device. We measure air temperature of the area, temperature of the surfaces of walls, floor and the ceiling –medium radiant temperature, air flow velocity and air moisture. Other parameters are the date of his clothes and his physical activity. Outputs of t...