Irradiance and cloud optical properties from solar photovoltaic systems

Barry, James; Meilinger, Stefanie; Pfeilsticker, Klaus; Herman-Czezuch, Anna; Kimiaie, Nicola; Schirrmeister, Christopher; Yousif, Rone; Buchmann, Tina; Grabenstein, Johannes; Deneke, Hartwig; Witthuhn, Jonas; Emde, Claudia; Gödde, Felix; Mayer, Bernhard; Scheck, Leonhard; Schroedter-Homscheidt, Marion; Hofbauer, Philipp; Struck, Matthias

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4975-2023

Articles | Volume 16, issue 20

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4975-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4975-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 20

Research article

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27 Oct 2023

Research article |

| 27 Oct 2023

Irradiance and cloud optical properties from solar photovoltaic systems

James Barry, Stefanie Meilinger, Klaus Pfeilsticker, Anna Herman-Czezuch, Nicola Kimiaie, Christopher Schirrmeister, Rone Yousif, Tina Buchmann, Johannes Grabenstein, Hartwig Deneke, Jonas Witthuhn, Claudia Emde, Felix Gödde, Bernhard Mayer, Leonhard Scheck, Marion Schroedter-Homscheidt, Philipp Hofbauer, and Matthias Struck

Data sets

Datasets for "Irradiance and cloud optical properties from solar photovoltaic systems" (final version) James Barry, Stefanie Meilinger, Klaus Pfeilsticker, Anna Herman-Czezuch, Nicola Kimiaie, Christopher Schirrmeister, Rone Yousif, Tina Buchmann, Johannes Grabenstein, Hartwig Deneke, Jonas Witthuhn, Claudia Emde, Felix Gödde, Bernhard Mayer, Leonhard Scheck, Marion Schroedter-Homscheidt, Philipp Hofbauer and Matthias Struck https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8335791

Model code and software

jamesmhbarry/PVRAD: Supplement to "Irradiance and cloud optical properties from solar photovoltaic systems" James Barry, Stefanie Meilinger, Klaus Pfeilsticker, Anna Herman-Czezuch, Nicola Kimiaie, Christopher Schirrmeister, Rone Yousif, Tina Buchmann, Johannes Grabenstein, Hartwig Deneke, Jonas Witthuhn, Claudia Emde, Felix Gödde, Bernhard Mayer, Leonhard Scheck, Marion Schroedter-Homscheidt, Philipp Hofbauer and Matthias Struck https://github.com/jamesmhbarry/PVRAD

Short summary

Measured power data from solar photovoltaic (PV) systems contain information about the state of the atmosphere. In this work, power data from PV systems in the Allgäu region in Germany were used to determine the solar irradiance at each location, using state-of-the-art simulation and modelling. The results were validated using concurrent measurements of the incoming solar radiation in each case. If applied on a wider scale, this algorithm could help improve weather and climate models.