Proceedings of the EC Contractors' Meeting, held in Brussels, Belgium, 20 November 1981

Proceedings of the EC Contractors' Meeting, held in Brussels, Belgium, 20 November 1981

Content.- Strategy Paper EC Solar Energy R&D Programme Project F, Solar Radiation Data.- Action 1 - Calibration and characteristics of radiometers.- Action 2 - Short reference years.- Action 3 - Atlas and Data Books (from existing data).- Action 3.1 - Global irradiance on horizontal plane - Definition of radiation climate zones in the EC.- Action 3.2 - Global irradiance on tilted planes - Direct radiation.- Action 3.3 - Statistical analysis of meteorological data.- Action 3.4 - Sensitivity analysis of the useful energy output for solar converters with respect to quality and completeness of meteorological data sets.- Action 4 - New Measurements and Technologies.- Action 4.1 - Improvement of measurements in national networks -global, direct, diffuse irradiance and irradiance on inclined surfaces.- Action 4.2 - Special measurements.- Action 4.3 - Satellite image processing.- Special Report - Typical days.- Meteorological Terminology.- List of Participants.