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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3467-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3467-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
25 Aug 2015
Research article |
| 25 Aug 2015
Atmospheric extinction in solar tower plants: absorption and broadband correction for MOR measurements
N. Hanrieder
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Solar Research, Plataforma Solar de Almería, Ctra. de Senés s/n km 4, Apartado 39, 04200 Tabernas, Spain
S. Wilbert
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Solar Research, Plataforma Solar de Almería, Ctra. de Senés s/n km 4, Apartado 39, 04200 Tabernas, Spain
R. Pitz-Paal
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Solar Research, Linder Höhe, 51147 Cologne, Germany
Meteorological Institute Munich (MIM), Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Theresienstr. 37, 80333 Munich, Germany
J. Gasteiger
Meteorological Institute Munich (MIM), Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Theresienstr. 37, 80333 Munich, Germany
Meteorological Institute Munich (MIM), Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Theresienstr. 37, 80333 Munich, Germany
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Münchner Str. 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany
J. Polo
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Energy Department, Renewable Energy Division, Avda. Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- World map of low-layer atmospheric extinction values for solar power tower plants projects A. Salmon et al. 10.1016/j.renene.2022.11.003
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- Atmospheric extinction levels of solar radiation using aerosol optical thickness satellite data. Validation methodology with measurement system E. Carra et al. 10.1016/j.renene.2019.10.106
- Sensitivity study for modelling atmospheric attenuation of solar radiation with radiative transfer models and the impact in solar tower plant production J. Polo et al. 10.1016/j.solener.2016.04.050
- Comparison and analysis of two measurement systems of horizontal atmospheric extinction of solar radiation F. Barbero et al. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118608
- One year of solar extinction measurements at Plataforma Solar de Almería. Application to solar tower plants J. Ballestrín et al. 10.1016/j.renene.2019.01.064
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- Review and Gap Analysis of Heliostat Components and Controls K. Armijo et al. 10.1115/1.4065976
- Solar radiation attenuation by aerosol: application to solar farms A. Ben-tayeb et al. 10.1007/s11869-020-00790-1
- DNI and slant path transmittance for the solar resource of tower thermal solar plants: The validation of the ASoRA method and impact in exploiting a global data set T. Elias et al. 10.1016/j.solener.2020.12.064
- Atmospheric horizontal extinction determined with a single digital camera-based system in the scope of solar power tower plants F. Barbero et al. 10.1016/j.measurement.2019.107025
- Assessment and improvement of modeling the atmospheric attenuation based on aerosol optical depth information with applicability to solar tower plants J. Polo et al. 10.1016/j.energy.2020.118399
- Nowcasting System Based on Sky Camera Images to Predict the Solar Flux on the Receiver of a Concentrated Solar Plant J. Alonso-Montesinos et al. 10.3390/rs14071602
- Applications of a shadow camera system for energy meteorology P. Kuhn et al. 10.5194/asr-15-11-2018
- Typical solar extinction year at Plataforma Solar de Almería (Spain). Application to thermoelectric solar tower plants N. Simal et al. 10.1016/j.energy.2024.131242
- Atmospheric Transmittance Model Validation for CSP Tower Plants N. Hanrieder et al. 10.3390/rs11091083
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