Rungrat Wattan

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Rungrat Wattan is a leading researcher in tropical solar radiation modeling, with a focus on photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and luminous efficacy. Her work bridges satellite remote sensing and ground-based measurements to improve estimates of solar energy components critical for agriculture, climate studies, and building design in tropical regions. Her most influential paper, "Development of a model for the estimation of photosynthetically active radiation from geostationary satellite data in a tropical environment" (2011, 46 citations), provides a pioneering framework for deriving PAR from satellite data, addressing a key gap in tropical environmental monitoring. She further advanced this field by modeling the PAR-to-global solar radiation ratio using both ground and satellite data (2015, 18 citations), enhancing accuracy for tropical applications. Wattan also contributed to daylighting research through semi-empirical models for illuminance estimation under clear skies (2013, 6 citations) and a luminous efficacy model integrating satellite data (2015, 2 citations). Her work is notable for its practical relevance, offering tools for solar energy planning and ecosystem modeling in data-sparse tropical zones.

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1. 1
   Development of a model for the estimation of photosynthetically active radiation from geostationary satellite data in a tropical environment

   46 citations · 2011
2. 2
   Modeling the ratio of photosynthetically active radiation to broadband global solar radiation using ground and satellite-based data in the tropics

   18 citations · 2015
3. 3
   A semi-empirical approach for the estimation of global, direct and diffuse illuminance under clear sky condition in the tropics

   6 citations · 2013
4. 4
   Development of a Luminous Efficacy Model Using Ground and Satellite-Based Data from the Tropics

   2 citations · 2015

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