Progress on an Updated National Solar Radiation Data Base: Preprint

Progress on an Updated National Solar Radiation Data Base: Preprint

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Abstract

In 1992, The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released the 1961-1990 National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB), a 30-year set of hourly solar radiation data. In April 2003, NREL convened a meeting of experts to investigate issues concerning a proposed update of the NSRDB. The panel determined that an important difficulty posed by the update was the shift from manual to automated cloudobservations at National Weather Service stations in the United States. The solar model used in the original NSRDB relied heavily on the methodology and resolution of the manual cloud observations. The meeting participants recommended that NREL produce a plan for creating an update using currently available meteorological observations and satellite imagery. This paper describes current progresstoward a plan for an updated NSRDB.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	9
State	Published - 2004
Event	American Solar Energy Society Annual Meeting - Portland, Oregon Duration: 11 Jul 2004 → 14 Jul 2004

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Conference	American Solar Energy Society Annual Meeting
City	Portland, Oregon
Period	11/07/04 → 14/07/04

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Prepared for the American Solar Energy Society Annual Meeting, 11-14 July 2004, Portland, Oregon

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-560-36038

Keywords

automated cloud observations
National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB)
NSRDB
update

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Progress on an Updated National Solar Radiation Data Base: Preprint

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