Evaluating the solar resource: a review of problems resulting from temporal, spatial and angular variations |
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Authors: | John E. Hay Kirby J. Hanson |
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Affiliation: | Department of Geography, The University of British Columbia, #217-1984 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1W5 |
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Abstract: | Accurate assessment of the availability of solar energy at the Earth's surface is hampered by difficulties associated with the variability of solar radiation in space and time and with the angular position in the sky hemisphere. This paper assesses each of these problem areas by highlighting the difficulties and the attempts to offset them. Major emphasis is placed on extrapolation and interpolation procedures, the sensitivity of inclined surfaces to variations in the solar input, numerical models for calculating the irradiance of inclined surfaces and the time scales for which these computations are valid.Finally, the reader is urged to consider the significance of these difficulties in light of both radiation measurement errors and the sensitivity of the application to imprecise determinations of the radiation environment. |
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