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

• Main Authors: Uscka-Kowalkowska, Joanna, Markowicz, Krzysztof M., Przybylak, Rajmund, Araźny, Andrzej
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Spitsbergen; global solar radiation; cloudiness; sunshine duration; aerosol optical depth; Hornsund; Polar Research
• Online Access: http://repozytorium.umk.pl/handle/item/4654

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...