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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-5199-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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30 Jul 2021
Research article |
| 30 Jul 2021
| 30 Jul 2021
Cloud height measurement by a network of all-sky imagers
Institut für Solarforschung, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Paseo de Almería, 73, 2, 04001 Almeria, Spain
Institut für Vernetzte Energiesysteme, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 15, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Bijan Nouri
Institut für Solarforschung, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Paseo de Almería, 73, 2, 04001 Almeria, Spain
Stefan Wilbert
Institut für Solarforschung, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Paseo de Almería, 73, 2, 04001 Almeria, Spain
Thomas Schmidt
Institut für Vernetzte Energiesysteme, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 15, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Ontje Lünsdorf
Institut für Vernetzte Energiesysteme, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 15, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Jonas Stührenberg
Institut für Vernetzte Energiesysteme, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 15, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Detlev Heinemann
Institut für Vernetzte Energiesysteme, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 15, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Andreas Kazantzidis
Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Department of Physics, University of Patras, 26500 Patras, Greece
Robert Pitz-Paal
Institut für Solarforschung, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Linder Höhe, 51147 Cologne, Germany
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Short summary
Cloud base height (CBH) is important, e.g., to forecast solar irradiance and, with it, photovoltaic production. All-sky imagers (ASIs), cameras monitoring the sky above their point of installation, can provide such forecasts and also measure CBH. We present a network of ASIs to measure CBH. The network provides numerous readings of CBH simultaneously. We combine these with a statistical procedure. Validation attests to significantly higher accuracy of the combination compared to two ASIs alone.
Cloud base height (CBH) is important, e.g., to forecast solar irradiance and, with it,...
