Distribution of radiation flux in focal plane for a parabolic dish solar system

Radiation flux of focal plane plays a very important role of efficiency in a parabolic dish solar system.This paper aims to present the distribution of radiation flux in focal plane for every incident solar irradiation.Monte-Carlo ray-tracing method is applied and coupled with the measuring value of incident solar irradiation in Harbin City hourly.The results show that radiation flux in focal plane remains unchanged for different radius from 0 mm to 15 mm,and gradually decreases for different radius from 15 mm to 20 mm.And the results also show that the influence of incident solar irradiation on radiation flux in focal plane is very great,and the highest radiation flux is 21.8 W/mm2,when incident solar irradiation value is 1100 W/m2.

The influence of urban three-dimensional structure and building greenhouse effect on local radiation flux

Accurate measurements of the three-dimensional structure characteristics of urban buildings and their greenhouse effect are important for evaluating the impact of urbanization on the radiation energy budget and research on the urban heat island(UHI)effect.The decrease in evapotranspiration or the increase in sensible heat caused by urbanization is considered to be the main cause of the UHI effect,but little is known about the influence of the main factor“net radiant flux”of the urban surface heat balance.In this study,experimental observation and quantitative model simulation were used to find that with the increase of building surface area after urbanization,the direct solar radiation flux and net radiation flux on building surface areas changed significantly.In order to accurately quantify the relationship between the positive and negative effects,this study puts forward the equivalent calculation principle of“aggregation element”,which is composed of a building’s sunny face and its shadow face,and the algorithm of the contribution of the area to thermal effect.This research clarifies the greenhouse effect of a building with walls of glass windows.Research shows that when the difference between absorption rates of a concrete wall and grass is−0.21,the cooling effect is shown.In the case of concrete walls with glass windows,the difference between absorption rates of a building wall and grass is−0.11,which is also a cooling effect.The greenhouse effect value of a building with glass windows reduces the cooling effect value to 56%of the effect of a building with concrete walls.The simulation of changes in net radiant flux and flux density shows that the greenhouse effect of a 5-story building with windows yields 15.5%less cooling effect than one with concrete walls,and a 30-story building with windows reduces the cooling effect by 23.0%.The simulation results confirmed that the difference in the equivalent absorption rate of the aggregation element is the“director”of cooling and heating effects,and the area of the aggregation element is the“amplifier”of cooling and heating effects.At the same time,the simulation results prove the greenhouse effect of glass windows,which significantly reduces the cold effect of concrete wall buildings.The model reveals the real contribution of optimized urban design to mitigating UHI and building a comfortable environment where there is no atmospheric circulation.

The variability of surface radiation fluxes over landfast sea ice near Zhongshan station,east Antarctica during austral spring

Surface radiative fluxes over landfast sea ice off Zhongshan station have been measured in austral spring for five springs between 2010 and 2015.Downward and upward solar radiation vary diurnally with maximum amplitudes of 473 and 290 W m^(−2),respectively.The maximum and minimum long-wave radiation values of the mean diurnal cycle are 218 and 210 W m^(−2)for downward radiation,277 and 259 W m^(−2)for upward radiation and 125 and−52 W m^(−2)for net radiation.The albedo has a U-shaped mean diurnal cycle with a minimum of 0.64 at noon.Sea ice thickness is in the growth phase for most spring days,but can be disturbed by synoptic processes.The surface temperature largely determines the occurrence of ice melting.Surface downward and upward long-wave radiation show synoptic oscillations with a 5–8 day period and intraseasonal variability with a 12–45 day period.The amplitudes of the diurnal,synoptic and intraseasonal variability show some differences during the five austral springs considered here.The intraseasonal and synoptic variability of downward and upward long-wave radiation are associated with the variability of cloud cover and surface temperature induced by the atmospheric circulation.

Radiation energy flux of Dirac field of static spherically symmetric black holes

By the statistical entropy of the Dirac field of the static spherically symmetric black hole, the result is obtained that the radiation energy flux of the black hole is proportional to the quartic of the temperature of its event horizon. That is, the thermal radiation of the black hole always satisfies the generalised Stenfan-Boltzmann law. The derived generalised Stenfan-Boltzmann coefficient is no longer a constant. When the cut-off distance and the thin film thickness are both fixed, it is a proportional coefficient related to the space-time metric near the event horizon and the average radial effusion velocity of the radiation particles from the thin film. Finally, the radiation energy fluxes and the radiation powers of the Schwarzschild black hole and the Reissner-NordstrSm black hole are derived, separately.

The Impact of Soil Moisture Availability upon the Partition of Net Radiation into Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxes

The impact of soil moisture availability on the Bowen ratio and on the partition of net radiation flux into sensible, latent and soil heat fluxes was investigated by using one-dimensional primitive equations with a refined soil parameterization scheme. Simulation results presented that as soil moisture availability increases, the Bowen ratio and the partition of net radiation flux into sensible and soil heat fluxes decrease. The partition of net radiation flux into latent heat flux, however, increases. Quantitative relationships between Bowen ratio and the partitions with soil moisture availability were also given in this study.

On the loss mechanisms of radiation belt electron dropouts during the 12 September 2014 geomagnetic storm

Radiation belt electron dropouts indicate electron flux decay to the background level during geomagnetic storms,which is commonly attributed to the effects of wave-induced pitch angle scattering and magnetopause shadowing.To investigate the loss mechanisms of radiation belt electron dropouts triggered by a solar wind dynamic pressure pulse event on 12 September 2014,we comprehensively analyzed the particle and wave measurements from Van Allen Probes.The dropout event was divided into three periods:before the storm,the initial phase of the storm,and the main phase of the storm.The electron pitch angle distributions(PADs)and electron flux dropouts during the initial and main phases of this storm were investigated,and the evolution of the radial profile of electron phase space density(PSD)and the(μ,K)dependence of electron PSD dropouts(whereμ,K,and L^*are the three adiabatic invariants)were analyzed.The energy-independent decay of electrons at L>4.5 was accompanied by butterfly PADs,suggesting that the magnetopause shadowing process may be the major loss mechanism during the initial phase of the storm at L>4.5.The features of electron dropouts and 90°-peaked PADs were observed only for>1 MeV electrons at L<4,indicating that the wave-induced scattering effect may dominate the electron loss processes at the lower L-shell during the main phase of the storm.Evaluations of the(μ,K)dependence of electron PSD drops and calculations of the minimum electron resonant energies of H+-band electromagnetic ion cyclotron(EMIC)waves support the scenario that the observed PSD drop peaks around L^*=3.9 may be caused mainly by the scattering of EMIC waves,whereas the drop peaks around L^*=4.6 may result from a combination of EMIC wave scattering and outward radial diffusion.

An off-line simulation of land surface processes over the northern Tibetan Plateau

In order to further understand the land surface processes over the northern Tibetan Plateau, this study produced an off-line simulated examination at the Bujiao site on the northern Tibetan Plateau from June 2002 to April 2004, using the Noah Land Surface Model （Noah LSM） and observed data from the CAMP/Tibet experiment. The observed data were neces- sarily corrected and the number of soil layers in the Noah LSM was changed from 4 to 10 to enable this off-line simulation and analysis. The main conclusions are as follows： the Noah LSM performed well on the northern Tibetan Plateau. The simulated net radiation, upward longwave radiation, and upward shortwave radiation demonstrated the same remarkable annual and seasonal variation as the observed data, especially the upward longwave radiation. The simulated soil temperatures were acceptably close to the observed temperatures, especially in the shallow soil layers. The simulated freezing and melting processes were shown to start from the surface soil layer and spread down to the deep soil layers, but they took longer than the observed processes. However, Noah LSM did not adequately simulate the soil moisture. Therefore, additional high-quality, long-term observations of land surface-atmosphere processes over the Tibetan Plateau will be a key factor in proper adiustments of the model parameters in the future.

Heat Insulation and Dissipation Processes in Nordic Seas in the Summer

The Nordic Seas have a significant impact on the climate system.Here 23-day air-sea heat fluxes were analyzed from an in situ air-sea coupled buoy deployed in the Lofoten Basin from 5 August 2012 to 27 August 2012.The buoy captured two stages of strong south and north winds.The observations indicate that warm and wet air transported by the south wind can lead to decreased sensible and latent heat fluxes and net longwave radiation.The total oceanic heat loss was 50-60Wm−2.Thus,this stage was called the heat insulation process.By contrast,the heat dissipation process occurred with the north wind condition dur-ing advection of the cold and dry air.During this process,sensible and latent heat fluxes and net longwave radiation notably in-creased.The total oceanic heat loss during the heat dissipation process reached 240Wm−2,which was four-fold greater than that in the heat insulation process.Given that the heat insulation process is dominant in summertime,the ocean lost minimal heat but absorbed strong solar energy.Thus,a large quantity of energy was stored in the ocean.Heat was transported to the Arctic Ocean and accelerated Arctic warming.The heat dissipation process is dominant in autumn and winter when the ocean releases consid-erably more energy.The two processes revealed in this paper can be applied to warm-water areas in high latitudes.

Teleconnected Influence of the Boreal Winter Antarctic Oscillation on the Somali Jet： Bridging Role of Sea Surface Temperature in Southern High and Middle Latitudes

The teleconnection impact of the boreal winter Antarctic Oscillation（AAO） on the Somali Jet（SMJ） intensity in the following spring and summer is examined in this paper.The variability of the boreal winter AAO is positively related to the SMJ intensity in both spring and summer.The analyses show that the SST in southern high and middle latitudes seems to serve as a bridge linking these two systems.When the AAO is in strong positive phase,SST over the Southern Ocean cools in the high latitudes and warms in the middle latitudes,which persists into summer;however,the variability of SST in southern high and middle latitudes is also closely correlated to SMJ intensity.A possible mechanism that links SST variability with the AAO-SMJ relationship is also discussed.The AAO in boreal winter produces an SST anomaly pattern in southern high and middle latitudes through the air-sea coupling.This AAOrelated SST anomaly pattern modulates the local Ferrel cell anomaly in summer,followed by the regional Hadley cell anomaly in tropics.The anomalous vertical motion in tropics then changes the land-sea thermal contrast between the tropical Indian Ocean and the Asian continent through the variability of low cloud cover and downward surface longwave radiation flux.Finally,the land-sea thermal contrast anomaly between the tropical Indian Ocean and the Asian continent changes the SMJ intensity.The results from Community Atmosphere Model experiments forced by the SST anomaly in southern high and middle latitudes also confirm this diagnostic physical process to some extent.