Photovoltaic Standards - Solar Radiation

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In this category standards referring to solar radiation, solar radiation measurement process, measurement instrument calibration and the like can be found.

SOLAR RADIATION SPECTRA

Standards

ISO 9845-1 Solar energy - Reference solar spectral irradiance at the ground at different receiving conditions, Part 1: Direct normal and hemispherical solar irradiance for air mass 1.5.
ISO 21348 Space environment (natural and artificial) - Process for determining solar irradiances.
ASTM E490 Standard Solar Constant and Zero Air Mass Solar Spectral Irradiance Tables.
IEC 61725 Analytical expression for daily solar profiles.
ASTM G173 Standard Tables for Reference Solar Spectral Irradiances: Direct Normal and Hemispherical on 37° Tilted Surface.
ASTM G177 Standard Tables for Reference Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Distributions: Hemispherical on 37° Tilted Surface
VDI 3786 Blatt 1 Environmental meteorology - Meteorological measurements - Fundamentals.
VDI 3786 Blatt 5    Environmental meteorology - Meteorological measurements concerning questions of air pollution; global radiation, direct solar radiation and net total radiation.

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WMO: Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation; WMO No.8, Seventh Edition, 2008, ISBN 978-92-63-10008-5.

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Renewable Resource Data Center (RReDC): Standard Solar Spectra.

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World Radiation Center: The World Radiometric Reference (WRR).

MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTATION

ISO 9846 Solar energy - Calibration of a pyranometer using a pyrheliometer.
ISO 9847 Solar energy - Calibration of field pyranometers by comparison to a reference pyranometer.
ISO 9059 Solar energy - Calibration of field pyrheliometers by comparison to a reference pyrheliometer.
ISO 9060 Solar energy - Specification and classification of instruments for measuring hemispherical solar and direct solar radiation.
ISO/TR 9901 Solar energy - Field pyranometers - Recommended practice for use.
ASTM G130 Standard Test Method for Calibration of Narrow- and Broad-Band Ultraviolet Radiometers Using a Spectroradiometer.
ASTM G138 Test Method for Calibration of a Spectroradiometer Using a Standard Source of Irradiance.
ASTM G167 Standard Test Method for Calibration of a Pyranometer Using a Pyrheliometer.
ASTM E816 Test Method for Calibration of Pyrheliometers by Comparison to Reference Pyrheliometers.
ASTM E824 Standard Test Method for Transfer of Calibration From Reference to Field Radiometers.

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