Cover: The sun's hot outer atmosphere, or corona, reaches outward for millions of miles. This photo was taken with the aid of a coronagraph, one of Skylab's eight telescopes, which masked the sun's disk to create an artificial eclipse and allow observation of the corona. (Photo courtesy of NASA.)

SHINING ON

• A Primer on Solar Radiation Data
• Chapter 1: What are Solar Radiation Data?
• Chapter 2: Why do we need Solar Radiation Data?
• Chapter 3: What Influences the amount of Solar Radiation?
  • Understanding Seasonal and Atmospheric Variations
• Chapter 4: What parts of Solar Radiation are measured?
• Chapter 5: How do we use Solar Radiation Data?
• Chapter 6: Where can you obtain Solar Radiation Data?
• Chapter 7: How accurate do the Data need to be?
• Chapter 8: How will we meet our Solar Radiation Data needs?
  • National Solar Radiation Data Base
• Suggested Reading
• Acknowledgements
• Notice

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