Evaluation of Himawari-8 surface downwelling solar radiation by ground-based measurements

Damiani, Alessandro; Irie, Hitoshi; Horio, Takashi; Takamura, Tamio; Khatri, Pradeep; Takenaka, Hideaki; Nagao, Takashi; Nakajima, Takashi Y.; Cordero, Raul R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2501-2018

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27 Apr 2018

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| 27 Apr 2018

Evaluation of Himawari-8 surface downwelling solar radiation by ground-based measurements

Alessandro Damiani, Hitoshi Irie, Takashi Horio, Tamio Takamura, Pradeep Khatri, Hideaki Takenaka, Takashi Nagao, Takashi Y. Nakajima, and Raul R. Cordero

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RC1: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Jan 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to Referee #1', Alessandro Damiani, 21 Mar 2018
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript “Evaluation of Himawari-8 surface downwelling solar radiation by SKYNET observations” by Damiani et al., 2018.', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to Referee #2', Alessandro Damiani, 21 Mar 2018

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ED: Publish as is (06 Apr 2018) by Stelios Kazadzis

AR by Alessandro Damiani on behalf of the Authors (14 Apr 2018)

Short summary

The Tohoku Earthquake of March 2011 stressed the need for energy source diversity, and the governmental policy in Japan has been stimulating a broader use of renewable energy. Solar power is potentially able to mitigate climate change triggered by greenhouse gas emissions, but its instability caused by cloudiness is a critical issue for suppliers. To develop an appropriate control system, surface solar radiation data must be made available as accurately as possible.