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Solar radiation modeling and measurements for renewable energy applications: data and model quality

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  • Myers, Daryl R.

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Measurement and modeling of broadband and spectral terrestrial solar radiation is important for the evaluation and deployment of solar renewable energy systems. We discuss recent developments in the calibration of broadband solar radiometric instrumentation and improving broadband solar radiation measurement accuracy. An improved diffuse sky reference and radiometer calibration and characterization software for outdoor pyranometer calibrations are outlined. Several broadband solar radiation model approaches, including some developed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, for estimating direct beam, total hemispherical and diffuse sky radiation are briefly reviewed. The latter include the Bird clear sky model for global, direct beam, and diffuse terrestrial solar radiation; the Direct Insolation Simulation Code (DISC) for estimating direct beam radiation from global measurements; and the METSTAT (Meteorological and Statistical) and Climatological Solar Radiation (CSR) models that estimate solar radiation from meteorological data. We conclude that currently the best model uncertainties are representative of the uncertainty in measured data.

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  • Myers, Daryl R., 2005. "Solar radiation modeling and measurements for renewable energy applications: data and model quality," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 30(9), pages 1517-1531.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:30:y:2005:i:9:p:1517-1531
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2004.04.034
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