A good understanding of the sky luminance distribution is essential for efficient daylighting designs and developments. Sky luminance patterns are always modeled under various sky conditions using climatic parameters as weighting factors to indicate the degree of sky clearness. This paper presents the work on the identification of sky luminance patterns using three common climatic elements, namely cloud cover (CLD), sunshine hour (SH) and clearness index Three sky types representing overcast, partly cloudy and clear were selected from the Kittler et al. 15 standard skies. It has been shown that sky conditions classified by individual sky indicators produced acceptable agreements with the measured data. In general, CLD shows the best results, followed by then SH. Better results in terms of the frequency of occurrence and root mean square errors can be found when CLD and SH are jointly utilised to describe the sky conditions.
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Standard Skies Classification Using Common Climatic Parameters
Danny H. W. Li,
Danny H. W. Li
Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Chris C. S. Lau,
Chris C. S. Lau
Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Joseph C. Lam
Joseph C. Lam
Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Danny H. W. Li
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Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Chris C. S. Lau
Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Joseph C. Lam
Building Energy Research Group, Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Contributed by the Solar Energy Division of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING. Manuscript received by the ASME Solar Division February 2003; final revision January 2004. Associate Editor: M. Kr˙arti.
J. Sol. Energy Eng. Aug 2004, 126(3): 957-964 (8 pages)
Published Online: July 19, 2004
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Received:
February 1, 2003
Revised:
January 1, 2004
Online:
July 19, 2004
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Li, D. H. W., Lau , C. C. S., and Lam, J. C. (July 19, 2004). "Standard Skies Classification Using Common Climatic Parameters ." ASME. J. Sol. Energy Eng. August 2004; 126(3): 957–964. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1740776
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