RADIATION INCIDENT UPON SLOPES AND ITS APPLICATION TO PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY - A SUMMARY OF THE CURRENT RESEARCH SITUATIONS
坡地辐射场研究及其地理学应用

This paper summarizes the research progresses in the field of radiation incident on slopes.The global distributional rules of the solar irradiation on inclined planes at the earth's surface without the atmosphere are reviewed. The computing models for estimating the direct, diffuse, reflecting and net radiation on various tilted surfaces are briefly introduced. The significance of the aforesaid studies to physical geography and its potential developneat in future are discussed.