Abstract
Solar radiation (insolation) is the primary driving force for Earth’s atmospheric, biophysical, and hydrologic processes. Knowing the amount of radiation at different geographic locations at different times is therefore necessary in many fields including energy production, agriculture, meteorology, ecology, and urban planning. In this case study we model direct solar radiation and cast shadows in an urban setting to show how different spatial configurations of buildings change the amount of sunlight available throughout the day and the year.
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Petrasova, A., Harmon, B., Petras, V., Mitasova, H. (2015). Solar Radiation Dynamics. In: Tangible Modeling with Open Source GIS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25775-4_8
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