Abstract:By utilizing daily maximum and minimum temperature, sunshine duration data from 11 meteorological observation stations in Tangshan from 1990 to 2023, along with daily total solar radiation data from the Lao-ting Radiation Observation Station during the same period, the total solar radiation at each meteorological station in Tangshan (except Lao-ting) was calculated. This calculation was based on a comprehensive model incorporating sunshine percentage and diurnal temperature range. The spatiotemporal distribution characteristics of solar radiation in Tangshan were analyzed using methods such as Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF), Rotated Empirical Orthogonal Function (REOF) decomposition, Mann-Kendall abrupt change test, and Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD). The results indicate that the first EOF mode reflects a consistent regional variation pattern, with a significant increase in the 1990s and a notable decrease in the early 21st century. Solar radiation underwent an abrupt change in 2006, exhibiting a "more-less-more" pattern near the change point. The second EOF mode reflects the east-west inverse variation characteristics of solar radiation, with interdecadal changes consistent with the first mode, but without abrupt changes. The REOF spatial patterns are categorized into six types: northern, western, northwestern, southern coastal, central-southern, and eastern spatial distributions. The optimal tilt angle for photovoltaic systems in Tangshan ranges from 35°to 37°, which is slightly below the local latitude. The annual average total radiation on the surface with the optimal tilt angle varies from 5717 MJ/m2 to 6253 MJ/m2.