New and improved methods to estimate day-ahead quantity and quality of solar irradiance

Applied Energy

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 240-249

  Kang, Byung O ^a   Tam, Kwa Sur ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion curve; NWS sky cover; Ramp rate; Solar irradiance estimation; Solar irradiance quality

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RAMP GENERATORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

CLOUD OBSERVATIONS; ESTIMATION RESULTS; FORECAST VERIFICATIONS; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; NWS SKY COVER; RAMP RATES; SOLAR IRRADIANCE VARIABILITY; SOLAR IRRADIANCES;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ESTIMATION METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER PLANT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLAR RADIATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84908433403     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.10.021     Document Type: Article

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