Research Article

The Relation of Meteorological Elements with AOD for Building Energy Consumption

Table 2

Correlation of temperature and solar radiation in heating period.

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

(1) Dry-bulb temperatures (°C)7.018.4984801
(2) Dew-point temperatures (°C)−4.709.428480.8041
(3) Horizontal infrared radiation (Wh/m2)520.51249.658480.379.6181
(4) Global horizontal radiation (Wh/m2)287.98208.358480.228−.082−.2941
(5) Direct normal radiation (Wh/m2)271.47253.638480−.129−.385−.589.7531
(6) Diffuse radiation (Wh/m2)148.4195.838480.399.189.074.735.1851

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