The Impact of Circumsolar Diffuse Radiation on the Numerical Computation and Forecasting of DNI: Paper No. 150004

Yu Xie; Jaemo Yang; Manajit Sengupta; Yangang Liu

doi:10.1063/5.0169677

The Impact of Circumsolar Diffuse Radiation on the Numerical Computation and Forecasting of DNI: Paper No. 150004

Yu Xie, Jaemo Yang, Manajit Sengupta, Yangang Liu

Power Systems Engineering

Brookhaven National Laboratory

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Weather Research and Forecasting model with solar extensions (WRF-Solar) uses the Fast All-sky Radiation Model for Solar applications (FARMS) to predict solar radiation from the forecasted atmospheric gases, aerosols, and clouds. The Beer-Bouguer-Lambert law utilized by FARMS as well as other radiative transfer models assumes Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) is a narrow beam only covering the sun disk. This assumption is interpreted differently in solar observations by pyrheliometers where the circumsolar diffuse radiation is accounted. This study precisely computes circumsolar diffuse radiation in all-sky conditions using a radiative transfer model based on a parameterization of precomputed cloud transmittance and reflectance. The model is implemented in WRF-Solar to provide day-ahead DNI forecast in the north America. The computation and forecasting of DNI is compared with the Beer-Bouguer-Lambert law to understand the impact of circumsolar diffuse radiation.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0169677
State	Published - 2023
Event	SolarPACES: Solar Power & Chemical Energy Systems: 27th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems - Online Duration: 27 Sep 2021 → 1 Oct 2021

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Conference	SolarPACES: Solar Power & Chemical Energy Systems: 27th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems
City	Online
Period	27/09/21 → 1/10/21

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NREL/CP-5D00-88471

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aerosols
atmospheric optical phenomena
atmospheric radiation
brain machine interfaces
diffuse radiation
optical properties
radiative transfer

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Xie, Y , Yang, J , Sengupta, M & Liu, Y 2023, 'The Impact of Circumsolar Diffuse Radiation on the Numerical Computation and Forecasting of DNI: Paper No. 150004', Paper presented at SolarPACES: Solar Power & Chemical Energy Systems: 27th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, Online, 27/09/21 - 1/10/21. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0169677

The Impact of Circumsolar Diffuse Radiation on the Numerical Computation and Forecasting of DNI: Paper No. 150004. / Xie, Yu ; Yang, Jaemo ; Sengupta, Manajit et al.
2023. Paper presented at SolarPACES: Solar Power & Chemical Energy Systems: 27th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, Online.

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