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http://dx.doi.org/10.7836/kses.2014.34.5.011

Comparative Evaluation of Catchment-wide Solar Radiation to Locate Silver-town  

Choi, Seon-Jeong (Department of Geography, Kyungpook National University)
Um, Jung-Sup (Department of Geography, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society / v.34, no.5, 2014 , pp. 11-22 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is usual to determine silver-town location by people's experienced knowledge or intuition considering many different type of thematic variables simultaneously. This paper is primarily intended to locate sunny silver-town according to catchment-wide solar radiation as single key variable. GIS based solar simulation realistically identified catchment-wide solar radiation in the study area using large scale spatial precision. More than 90% over the worst catchment were identified shadow surfaces while the optimal catchment was heavily covered by sunny radiation surfaces. It is confirmed that standard GIS technology can offers the viable method of measuring and comparing the catchment-wide solar radiation. Guidelines for a replicable methodology are presented to provide a strong theoretical basis for the standardization of factors involved in locating the sunny silver-town; delineation of catchment boundary, solar simulation, catchment-wide comparison etc. They could be used as an evidence to determine sunny catchment in comparison with other catchment, based solar simulation. It is anticipated that this research output could be used as a valuable reference to confirm the potential of introducing the new concept of "catchment specific solar radiation" to support more scientific and objective decision-making in the process of locating silver town.
Keywords
Solar radiation; Catchment; GIS(Geographic Information System); Silver-town;
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