Comparison of Historical Satellite-Based Estimates of Solar Radiation Resources with Recent Rotating Shadowband Radiometer Measurements: Preprint

Conference · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2009

OSTI ID:951215

Myers, D R

The availability of rotating shadow band radiometer measurement data at several new stations provides an opportunity to compare historical satellite-based estimates of solar resources with measurements. We compare mean monthly daily total (MMDT) solar radiation data from eight years of NSRDB and 22 years of NASA hourly global horizontal and direct beam solar estimates with measured data from three stations, collected after the end of the available resource estimates.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 951215
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-550-45375; TRN: US200911%%386
• Resource Relation: Conference: To be presented at the American Solar Energy Society Annual Conference, 11-16 May 2009, Buffalo, New York
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
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SOLAR RADIATION
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NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
NREL SOLAR RADIATION LABORATORY
SRRL
NATIONAL SOLAR RADIATION DATABASE
NSRDB
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
SHADOWBAND
RADIOMETER
Solar Energy - Radiation