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A New Database of Global and Direct Solar Radiation Using the Eastern Meteosat Satellite, Models and Validation

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Remote Sensing, 6 (9): 8165--8189 (Aug 28, 2014)
DOI: 10.3390/rs6098165

Abstract

We present a new database of solar radiation at ground level for Eastern Europe and Africa, the Middle East and Asia, estimated using satellite images from the Meteosat East geostationary satellites. The method presented calculates global horizontal (G) and direct normal irradiance (DNI) at hourly intervals, using the full Meteosat archive from 1998 to present. Validation of the estimated global horizontal and direct normal irradiance values has been performed by comparison with high-quality ground station measurements. Due to the low number of ground measurements in the viewing area of the Meteosat Eastern satellites, the validation of the c…(more)

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