Climatological indicator, measuring duration of sunshine in given period
"Sunshine hours" redirects here. For the Canadian TV show, see The Sunshine Hour.
Sunshine duration or sunshine hours is a climatological indicator, measuring duration of sunshine in given period (usually, a day or a year) for a given location on Earth, typically expressed as an averaged value over several years. It is a general indicator of cloudiness of a location, and thus differs from insolation, which measures the total energy delivered by sunlight over a given period.
Sunshine duration is usually expressed in hours per year, or in (average) hours per day. The first measure indicates the general sunniness of a location compared with other places, while the latter allows for comparison of sunshine in various seasons in the same location.[1] Another often-used measure is percentage ratio of recorded bright sunshine duration and daylight duration in the observed period.
An important use of sunshine duration data is to characterize the climate of sites, especially of health resorts. This also takes into account the psychological effect of strong solar light on human well-being. It is often used to promote tourist destinations.[1]
^ ab"8. Measurement of Sunshine Duration" (PDF), Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation, WMO, 2008, archived from the original on 2013-02-03
Sunshineduration or sunshine hours is a climatological indicator, measuring duration of sunshine in given period (usually, a day or a year) for a given...
following is a list of cities by sunshineduration. Sunshineduration is a climatological indicator, measuring duration of sunshine in given period (usually,...
and annual sunshineduration. List of cities by sunshineduration "Station 13615 Tirana". Global station data 1961–1990—SunshineDuration. Deutscher Wetterdienst...
epidemics among the inhabitants of Madrid in the aforementioned months. Sunshineduration is 2,769 hours per year, from 124 (4 hours per day in average) in...
temperature is over 18 °C (64 °F). The Sahel has a high to very high sunshineduration year-round, between 2,400 hours (about 55% of the daylight hours)...
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desert, and the sunshineduration is extremely high everywhere in the Sahara. Most of the desert has more than 3,600 hours of bright sunshine per year (over...
measurement of the cloud cover. The cloud cover is correlated to the sunshineduration as the least cloudy locales are the sunniest ones while the cloudiest...
January 2016. "Station 92014 Madang W.O". Global station data 1961–1990—SunshineDuration. Deutscher Wetterdienst. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17...
spells or followed by rainy and cloudy weeks. Based on the maps on sunshineduration and on global solar irradiance in Italy, the areas with the highest...
"11 of Scotland's most extreme places". scotsman.com. 19 May 2016. "SunshineDuration Annual Average". Met Office. 2001. Archived from the original on 28...
Goldston INTL. Airport is 78583 Use this station ID to locate the sunshineduration "Belize City, Belize". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 August 2011. "History"...
year-round, the areas with the hottest summer climate, the highest sunshineduration, and more. Owing to Africa's position across equatorial and subtropical...
Irradiance Albedo Flux Power density Sun chart Sunlight Sunshineduration List of cities by sunshineduration Brun, P., Zimmermann, N.E., Hari, C., Pellissier...
(morning: 83% evening: 73%). Sunshineduration hours total around 3,000 per year, from an average 5.2 hours of sunshineduration per day in December to an...
670 sunshine hours per year, from 152 in December (average of 5 hours of sunshineduration a day) to 308 in July (average around 10 hours of sunshine duration...
Sunshineduration is 2,696 hours per year, from 155 - average about 5 hours of sunshine a day in December to 314 - average above 10 hours of sunshine...
year-round, the areas with the hottest summer climate, and the highest sunshineduration. Because Australia is a medium-sized continent, separated from polar...
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