Solar Radiometric Data Quality Assessment of SIRS, SKYRAD and GNDRAD Measurements (Poster)

Aron Habte, Ibrahim Reda, Mark Kutchenreiter, Peter Gotseff, Mary Anderberg

Research output: NRELPoster

Abstract

Solar radiation is the driving force for the earth's weather and climate. Understanding the elements of this dynamic energy balance requires accurate measurements of broadband solar irradiance. Since the mid-1990's the ARM Program has deployed pyrheliometers and pyranometers for the measurement of direct normal irradiance (DNI), global horizontal irradiance (GHI), diffuse horizontal irradiance (DHI), and upwelling shortwave (US) radiation at permanent and mobile field research sites. This poster summarizes the basis for assessing the broadband solar radiation data available from the SIRS, SKYRAD, and GNDRAD measurement systems and provides examples of data inspections.
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - 2014

Publication series

NamePresented at the Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Science Team Meeting, 18-21 March 2013, Potomac, Maryland

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PO-5D00-61522

Keywords

  • broadband shortwave radiometers
  • diffuse horizontal irradiance
  • direct normal irradiance
  • global horizontal irradiance
  • pyranometers
  • pyrheliometers

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