Physics Help Forum turbidity factor

 Jan 5th 2017, 11:06 AM #1 Junior Member   Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 12 turbidity factor A certain smoggy atmosphere has a turbidity factor n  4. Calculate how the direct, cloudless sky insolation varies with the Sun altitude angle? How much is this reduced from that of a clear s
 Jan 5th 2017, 04:27 PM #2 Junior Member   Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 12 if any one can ans please answer me or give some ideas. i am happy to get your suggestion.
 Jan 6th 2017, 05:30 AM #3 Senior Member   Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 287 Do you know what "turbidity factor" means? Are you specifically referring to the "Linke turbidity factor"? That is given by $\displaystyle T= \frac{ln(p)}{ln(q)}$ where p is the transmission coefficient of the actual sky and q is the transmission coefficient of an "ideal" sky (your "cloudless sky").
 Jan 6th 2017, 05:52 AM #4 Junior Member   Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 12 https://books.google.pl/books?id=dKI4k-9jK88C&pg=PA453&lpg=PA453&dq="energy+conversion+du e"+"to+phase+change,"+&source=bl&ots=5bVmf7fV8T&si g=uPM4FNGLUfEgOpoNHkrJ-fKfREk&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22energy%20convers ion%20due%22%20%22to%20phase%20change%2C%22&f=fals e. I hope this link help to solve Could you please review and tell me how can we solve?
 Jan 6th 2017, 05:52 AM #5 Junior Member   Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 12 https://books.google.pl/books?id=dKI4k-9jK88C&pg=PA453&lpg=PA453&dq="energy+conversion+du e"+"to+phase+change,"+&source=bl&ots=5bVmf7fV8T&si g=uPM4FNGLUfEgOpoNHkrJ-fKfREk&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22energy%20convers ion%20due%22%20%22to%20phase%20change%2C%22&f=fals e. I hope this link help to solve Could you please review and tell me how can we solve?
 Jan 6th 2017, 08:25 AM #6 Physics Team     Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Morristown, NJ USA Posts: 2,275 The link you provided goes to a section of a text book dealing with energy conversion due to phase changes - nothing to due with "turbidity" as far as I can tell. Please clarify.
 Jan 9th 2017, 05:55 AM #7 Forum Admin     Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: On the dance floor, baby! Posts: 2,203 In the future, please use different titles for different threads. I have changed the Advanced Thermodynamics question to "turbidity factor." -Dan __________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. See the forum rules here.