The European Solar Radiation Atlas -Volume 2 Database and exploitation software - K. Scharmer - Presses Des Mines - broché - Etude

This atlas offers a unique instrument dedicated to the knowledge and exploitation of the solar resources for Europe in a broad sense, from Ural to Azores and from Northern Africa to Polar Circle. It is a powerful tool for architects, engineers, meteorologists, agronomists, local authorities, tourism professionals, as well as researchers and students. It covers the period 1981-1990.The volume of the atlas containing the CD-ROM database offers spatial (every 10 km approximately) and temporal knowledge for different time scales (from climatological means - more than 700 stations - to hourly values - 7 stations -) on the solar resources: irradiation (global and its components), sunshine duration, as well as air temperatures, precipitation, water vapour pressure, air pressure in a number of stations.The software uses the database in either a "map" or a "station" mode at user choice. Over 50 maps provide information on the global irradiation, on the direct and diffuse components, and on the