Example for average radiation profile from a monthly average T

Given:
monthly average clearness index T = 0.5; for the month of February;
location is latitude λ = 31º.

Find: Average radiation profile for this month h , d as function of solar time (ω).

Assume for February, n=45 ( that is about the mid-point of the month)

Hh
Equations, Information needed: T = (1)
H0

See Equation (3.6.1) of Rabl for the correlation of

Hd
= ….. as a function of ωs and T (2)
Hh
Further, the daily extraterrestrial radiation on a horizontal is (eqn.2.3.21):
0 = H0 (n) = (τday/π ) I0,eff cos λ cos δ (sin ωs – (π /180º) ωs cos ωs) (3)

where: ωs is the sunset angle in degrees, found from: cos ωs = - tanλ tanδ (4)

sin δ = - sin δ 0 cos(360º(n+10)/365.25)) (5)

I0,eff = I0(1+0.033 cos(360º n/365.25) (6)

We get δ = -13.46º, I0 = 1373 [W/m2], ωs = 81.7º, I0,eff = 1373* 1.024 = 1406 [W/m2]
0 = 25.26 MJ/m² per day (on a horizontal surface).

from eqn. (1) h = 12.64 MJ/m², and from Rabl correlation (eq. 3.6.1 of Rabl’s text)

Hd
=0.399, and therefore d = 5.04 MJ/m²-day.
Hh

Now we can apply the “distribution model” of Collares-Pereira and Rabl with equations 3.6.2
to 3.6.10.

If we use above results and insert these into the equations, we should get for the constants:
a = 0.5947; and b=0.4844.
and for the midpoints of the hours before (or after solar noon – it is symmetric), we should get
for the first, second, and third hour from solar noon:

ω= 7.5º, rd = 0.142 rh = 0.153, d =199 W/m²; h = 536 W/m2 , b = 477 W/m²

ω= 22.5º, rd = 0.130 rh = 0.135, d = 182 W/m²; h = 474 W/m2 , b = 452 W/m²

ω= 37.5º, rd = 0.1085 rh = 0.106, d = 152 W/m²; h = 372 W/m2, b = 407 W/m²

(I h − I d )
where the beam radiation was obtained from I b =
cos θ z

and cos θz = cosδ cosλ cosω +sinλ sinδ .

Best is to use a spreadsheet of course.