Tables are given of daily, weekly, monthly and yearly mean values of direct, diffuse, global and net radiation intensities for the CIBS Example Weather Year (1 October 1964 to 30 September 1965). The mean values of these four classes of radiation intensity for each hour of the day are also tabulated, together with the minimum, mean and maximum values for each month. The observations were made at Kew, (latitude 51.3°N) by the Meteorological Office.
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