BIrd Simple Spectral Model:   SPCTRAL2

ABOUT SPCTRAL2 The authors are Dr. Richard Bird and Dr. Carol Riordan. The Excel@ Spreadsheet implementation was done by Daryl Myers using equations from the technical report . The model computes clear sky spectral direct beam, hemispherical diffuse, and hemispherical total irradiances on a prescribed receiver plane - tilted or horizontal - at a single point in time. For tilted planes, the user specifiy the incidence angle of the direct beam (FORTRAN version) or the tilt and azimuth of the plane (Excel@ version). The wavelength spacing is irregular, covering 122 wavelengths from 305 nm to 4000 nm. Aerosol optical depth, total precipitable water vapor (cm), and equivalent ozone depth (cm) must be specified by the user. No variations in atmospheric constituents or structure are available. There is no separate computation of circumsolar radiation. The direct beam spectral irradiance is assumed to contain the circumsolar radiation within a 5° solid angle. No smoothing functions are provided. DOWNLOAD SPCTRAL2.xls User Alert: If you downloaded SPCTRAL2.xls before 2130 GMT on Thursday, 12 June 2003, please click here to see the corrections, or download the corrected workbook, if you prefer. Please send questions and comments to the Webmaster. Disclaimer and copyright notice. Return to RREDC Home Page ( http://www.nrel.gov/rredc )