Conditions influencing incoming global solar radiation in Hornsund (Spitsbergen) in spring 2015

• Published in: Polish Polar Research
• Main Authors: Uscka-Kowalkowska Joanna, Markowicz Krzysztof M., Przybylak Rajmund, Araźny Andrzej
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Spitsbergen; global solar radiation; cloudiness; sunshine duration; aerosol optical depth; Geology; QE1-996.5; Hornsund; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/popore-2017-0021; https://doaj.org/article/e8b862ec690c4e7dae568ea611540432

This article analyses the conditions affecting the incoming global solar radiation in Hornsund (Spitsbergen) in spring of 2015. Incoming solar radiation turned out to be average for the season under analysis, as compared with longer-term data. The clearness index (KT) was 0.46, and was mainly determ...