Observational data of sunshine duration since 1930 from the Met Office National Climate Information Centre (NCIC; Perry and Hollis 2005) reveal that winter 2014/15 was the sunniest in the United Kingdom (Fig. 10.1a). The common perception of drab British winters is seemingly challenged by the increasing trend of 2.4 ± 0.7 sunshine hrs decade−1 (mean ± standard deviation) during 1930–2015 (Fig. ...

Studies from developed countries have shown season and weather influencing mood disorders, but it is not known whether such associations exist in tropical/subtropical lowand middle-income countries. This study from Vietnam examined the seasonal pattern of hospital admissions for depressive disorders andits relationship to daily weather variations, after stratifying for age, sex, and geographic ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between daily trauma admissions and observed weather variables, using data from the Trauma Audit and Research Network of England and Wales and the UK Meteorological Office. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Twenty-one accident and emergency departments (ED) located across England. PARTICIPANTS All patients arriving at one of the selected ED, with...

Solar radiation models for predicting the average daily and hourly global radiation, beam radiation and diffuse radiation are reviewed in this paper. Seven models using the Ångström– Prescott equation to predict the average daily global radiation with hours of sunshine are considered. The average daily global radiation for Hong Kong (22.3 N latitude, 114.3 E longitude) is predicted. Estimations...

Long-term trends in sunshine duration Chinese cities have been closely linked to factors caused by air pollution. To understand this impact on (SD), surface solar radiation from 1981 2020, annual PM2.5 concentration 2012 2020 and pollution index (API) data 2013 collected ten representative China were investigated, the long-term relationship of SD with diffuse fraction (DF), aerosol option depth...