Modeling Solar Radiation at the Earth's Surface
Recent Advances
Editor: Viorel Badescu
ISBN 978-3-540-77454-9

Readme.txt contains:

1. Technical Specifications
2. Installation
3. Deinstallation
4. Product information
5. Help
6. Hotline


1. Technical Specifications

- Hardware and Operating System requirements: [4 MB RAM; CD-ROM drive, 
PC with Pentium processor 1300 MHz or compatible; Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT 4.0, xP, vista;
The files in most chapters may be used on both PC and Mac computers;  
The Fortran, C and C++ codes run on any platform and are not limited to the PC and Mac]

- Monitor set-up: [1024 pixel, high colour (32 bit) colour depth; 
setting the display to a colour depth of at least 24 bit is required for proper screen display]



2. Installation

Appropriate installation procedures are described in the subfolders of all chapters where executable software files are generated. The Fortran and C compilers that the reader may use generates executables from the codes. 
No installation is needed other than that required to set up the user's compiler in the first place.


3. Deinstallation 


Appropriate deinstallation procedures are described in the subfolders of all chapters where executable software files are generated. 


4. Product information 

Each folder contains an ASCII file called 00read-me-first.txt, which describes its content. 
Reading some files on the CD-ROM requires Acrobat Reader to be installed. 
Some  examples are worked out in Microsoft Excel. 
Appropriate Fortran 77 and C compilers are needed to use the source codes developed in some chapters. 

- Ch01: usable for both PC and Mac
- Ch02: usable for both PC and Mac
- Ch03: usable for PC only 
- Ch04: usable for both PC and Mac
- Ch05: usable for both PC and Mac
- Ch06: usable for both PC and Mac
- Ch07: only PC executable provided. The C code is also provided
- Ch08: usable for both PC and Mac
- Ch09: requires Matlab on either PC or Mac
- Ch10: usable for both PC and Mac
- Ch11: usable for both PC and Mac
- Ch12: only PC executable provided. C++ and Matlab source files are provided
- Ch13: usable for both PC and Mac
- Ch14: only PC executable provided 
- Ch15: only PC executable provided
- Ch16: usable for both PC and Mac 
- Ch17: no file provided by the authors
- Ch18: requires Matlab on either PC or Mac
- Ch19: usable for both PC and Mac
- Ch20: usable for both PC and Mac; An executable file for Mac is included


5. Help

If you experience any problems during operation please compare the technical specifications with the requirements mentioned above. Otherwise please contact our hotline.

6. Hotline

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