Solar Radiation and Its Influences on Climate Change
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Climatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 934
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recently, we have witnessed episodes of severe weather all over the world, such as violent storms, record temperatures, long droughts or massive floods. Many of these phenomena are considered signs of imminent climate change, and the common perception in both the scientific world and society at large is that renewable sources of energy, in particular solar energy, can significantly contribute to slowing down climate change. The large-scale integration of photovoltaic plants requires accurate information about the collectable solar energy, in the form of estimates at the design stage and forecasts at the operational stage. Solar energy at ground level is fundamentally conditioned by the radiative transfer in the Earth's atmosphere. In this general picture, the current Special Issue aims to bring together relevant studies on the relationship between solar energy and climate. Manuscripts are expected on, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- The impact of solar energy on CO2 reductions;
- The impact of climate change on photovoltaic energy production;
- The potential of solar energy to mitigate climate change;
- Long-term trends in solar irradiance and cloud cover;
- Radiative transfer in the atmosphere;
- The estimation of solar irradiance at ground level under clear sky conditions;
- The incorporation of cloud coverage in solar irradiance estimation models;
- Solar radiation forecasting at different time horizons;
- Comparative studies of the performance of different solar radiation estimation or forecasting models.
Prof. Dr. Marius Paulescu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- climate change
- solar energy
- radiative transfer
- atmospheric transmittance
- clear sky
- cloud cover
- estimation
- forecasting
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