Research Article

The Relation of Meteorological Elements with AOD for Building Energy Consumption

Table 1

Correlation of temperature and solar radiation in cooling period.

VariablesMeanStd. deviationPearson correlation
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)

(1) Dry-bulb temperatures (°C)24.574.3879561
(2) Dew-point temperatures (°C)15.495.917956.4391
(3) Horizontal infrared radiation (Wh/m2)861.50284.217956.111.6201
(4) Global horizontal radiation (Wh/m2)298.99245.297956.289−.350−.4101
(5) Direct normal radiation (Wh/m2)148.65190.647956.107−.444−.615.7931
(6) Diffuse radiation (Wh/m2)195.10133.457956.344−.196−.178.852.4021

is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).