Measurement and assessment of ultraviolet radiation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Sustainable Energy

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 31-38

  Bin Mahfoodh, M ^b   Al Ayed, M S ^a   Al Dhafiri, A M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Global solar irradiation; Saudi Arabia; Solar irradiation; Ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; DATA ACQUISITION; IRRADIATION;

GLOBAL SOLAR IRRADIATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SOLAR IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SOLAR RADIATION;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

IRRADIANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AR RIYAD [SAUDI ARABIA]; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; RIYADH; SAUDI ARABIA; WORLD;

EID: 23844469836     PISSN: 1478646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425910310001610529     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. WHO (1977). Summary of ultraviolet radiation. Environmental Health Criteria No. 14, World Health Organization, Geneva, pp. 1.
2. ASTM (1981). American Society for Testing and Materials, Standard Solar Constant and air mean zero solar spectral irradiance tables.
3. Biswas, A. K. (1979). The Ozone Layer, Vol. 4. Pergaman Press, Oxford.
4. Giese, A. C. (1976). Is sunlight good for you?. In: Living with Our Sun 's Ultraviolet Rays. Plenum Press, New York, pp. 33-42.
5. Longstreth, J. D. and deGruji, F. R. (1995). J. of the Human Environment, 24, 153.
6. Andrady, A. L. and Amin, M. B. (1995). J. of the Human Environment, 24, 191.
7. Varotsos, C. A. and Chronopoulo, C. J. (1995). Int. J. of Remote Sensing, 16, 1883.
8. Singh, A. (1996). Can. J. Bot., 74, 135.
9. Gwynn-Jones, D. and Johanson, U. (1996). Physiol. Plant, 97, 701.
10. Al-Ayed, M. S. (1998). Saudi J. Bio. Soc., 5, 45.
11. Garcia, R. (1994). Physics World, 7, 49.
12. Kerr, J. B. and McElroy. C. T. (1993). Science, 262, 1032.
13. Hanan, M. A., El-Yazigi, A., Al-Watban, F. A. and Feteih, N. (1984). The King Faisal Specialist Hospital Medical Journal, 4, 307.
14. Mujahid, A. M. (1994). J. Solar Eng., 116, 63.
15. Al-Ayed, M. S., Al-Dhafiri, A. M. and Bin Mahfoodh, M. (1998). Renewable Energy, 14, 249.
16. Al-Khogali, A. and AI-Bar, O. F. (1992). Solar Energy, 48,79.
17. AI-Naser, W. E. Applied Energy, 57, 25. (199).
18. Al-Aruri, S., Rasas, M., Al-Jamal and Shaban, N. (1988). Solar Energy, 41, 159.
19. Elhadidy, M. A., Abdel-Nabi, D. V. and Kruss, P. D. (1990). Solar Energy, 44, 315.
20. Shaltout, M. A., Ghonim, M. M., Trabea, A. A. and Allam, H. (1994). Renenwable Energy, 5, 1506.
21. EI-Shobokshy, M. S. and Al-Seadi, Y. G. (1993). Atmospheric Environment, 27B, 401.