Abstract
During 1995, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) initiated the Data Grid Task under the auspices of DOE's Resource Assessment Program. A data grid is a framework of uniformly spaced locations (grid points) for which data are available. Estimates of monthly averages of direct normal, diffuse horizontal, and global horizontal daily-total solar radiation energy (kW/M2) are being made foreach point on a grid covering the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and southern Canada. The grid points are separated by approximately 40 km. Using interpolation methods, the digital data grid can be used to estimate solar resources at any location. The most encouraging result to date has been the location sources providing worldwide data for most of the input parameters required formodeling daily total solar radiation. This is a multiyear task expected to continue through the rest of this century.
Original language | American English |
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Pages | 235-240 |
Number of pages | 6 |
State | Published - 1997 |
Event | Solar 96: 1996 American Solar Energy Society Annual Conference - Asheville, North Carolina Duration: 13 Apr 1996 → 18 Apr 1996 |
Conference
Conference | Solar 96: 1996 American Solar Energy Society Annual Conference |
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City | Asheville, North Carolina |
Period | 13/04/96 → 18/04/96 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-463-20759