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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3927-2014
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Research article
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25 Nov 2014
Research article |
| 25 Nov 2014
Improving HelioClim-3 estimates of surface solar irradiance using the McClear clear-sky model and recent advances in atmosphere composition
Z. Qu
MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, O.I.E. Centre for Observation, Impacts, Energy, CS 10207, rue Claude Daunesse, 06904 Sophia Antipolis CEDEX, France
B. Gschwind
MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, O.I.E. Centre for Observation, Impacts, Energy, CS 10207, rue Claude Daunesse, 06904 Sophia Antipolis CEDEX, France
M. Lefevre
MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, O.I.E. Centre for Observation, Impacts, Energy, CS 10207, rue Claude Daunesse, 06904 Sophia Antipolis CEDEX, France
MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, O.I.E. Centre for Observation, Impacts, Energy, CS 10207, rue Claude Daunesse, 06904 Sophia Antipolis CEDEX, France
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Short summary
The HelioClim-3 database (HC3v3) provides records of surface solar irradiation every 15 min estimated by processing images from the geostationary meteorological Meteosat satellites using climatological data sets of atmospheric properties. A method is proposed to improve a posteriori HC3v3 by combining it with data records of advanced global aerosol property forecasts and physically consistent total column content in water vapour and ozone produced by the MACC projects.
The HelioClim-3 database (HC3v3) provides records of surface solar irradiation every 15 min...
