Notes on the Solar Map of Asturias

Authors

  • J. I. Prieto Author
  • J. C. Martínez-García Author
  • D. García Author
  • R. Santoro Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj09.620

Abstract

The  Solar  Map  of  Asturias  (SMA)  is  the  result  of  a  research   work   carried   out   within   the   project   ‘‘Bio-climatic    Architecture    and    Solar    Cooling”    (PSE-ARFRISOL). It is based on a correlation model, recently published,  between  solar  irradiation  and  air  temperature,  and on the application of the software ArcGIS 9.3 for the spatial  interpolation  among  data  from  63  meteorological  stations. The   paper   shows   that   the   SMA   estimations   predict   difficulties  to  attain  in  some  areas  the  minimum  solar  contribution  established  by  the  Spanish  Technical  Code  of Building.  Those  predictions  are  compared  with  the  ones  obtained  by combining experimental data, Geographic Information Systems,  and  a  solar  radiation  model  able  of  computing  the  effects  of  shadows  caused  by  the  orography  of  the  ground. It  is  expected  that  the  combination  of  both  procedures  may   contribute   to   the   improvement   of   future   SMA   editions.

Author Biographies

  • J. I. Prieto

    Department of Physics

    University of Oviedo

    Polytechnic School of Engineering, Campus of Viesques, 33203 Gijón (Spain)

    Phone:+0034 985 182081, e-mail: jprieto@uniovi.es

  • J. C. Martínez-García

    Department of Physics

    University of Oviedo

    Polytechnic School of Engineering, Campus of Viesques, 33203 Gijón (Spain)

    Phone:+0034 985 182081,

  • D. García

    Department of Physics

    University of Oviedo

    Polytechnic School of Engineering, Campus of Viesques, 33203 Gijón (Spain)

    Phone:+0034 985 182081,

  • R. Santoro

    Department of Physics

    University of Oviedo

    Polytechnic School of Engineering, Campus of Viesques, 33203 Gijón (Spain)

    Phone:+0034 985 182081

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2024-01-17

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