Journal
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Volume 29, Issue 13, Pages 2065-2076Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2004.03.002
Keywords
direct solar radiation; aerosols; water vapour; turbidity; pollution
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The attenuation of solar radiation through a real atmosphere versus that through a clean dry atmosphere gives an indication of the atmospheric turbidity. Study of atmospheric turbidity is important in meteorology, climatology and for monitoring of atmospheric pollution. The Linke turbidity factor refers to the whole spectrum, that is, overall spectrally integrated attenuation, which includes presence of gaseous water vapour and aerosols. In this work, a procedure for calculation of Linke turbidity factor is adopted using pyrheliometric measurements in a coastal tourist location in Tunisia (Sidi Bou SaId), during three summer months (June, July and August 1999). Real diurnal and monthly variations of the T-L turbidity factor are found in the three studied months, with a maximum in August afternoon and a minimum in July morning. The increase of T-L is an indication for increasing atmospheric turbidity level (pollution). The correlation between atmospheric turbidity and the local weather conditions shows that this increase is essentially due to the heavy water vapour content of maritime air masses, carried by the north-eastern winds prevalent during the afternoon. A second pollution source is the dust content of the continental air masses carried by western and southern winds prevalent in the morning. Next to this can be added the influence of traffic at rush hours and during the afternoon of summer holidays. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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