Solar Resource Applications

Wednesday, April 17th: 3:15-4:45 PM

Moderator: Justin Robinson, Technical Director, GroundWork Renewables Inc

Presenters: Manajit Sengupta, Stephen Cox, Mohamed Mohandes, Jonathan Allen

More details on each presenter/presentation below.

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Surface Radiation from GOES Satellites: Improving Radiative Transfer in a Physical Model

Authors: Manajit Sengupta, Aron Habte
Presenter: Manajit Sengupta, Ph.D., National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

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Progress Towards Deriving an Improved Long-Term Global Solar Resource

Authors: Stephen Cox, Paul Stackhouse, Jr., Colleen Mikovitz, Taiping Zhang, Richard Preez, James Schlemmer, Karl Hemker, Jr., Sergey Kivalov, Manajit Sengupta, David Renne, John Bates, Kenneth Knapp
Presenter: Stephen Cox, Ph.D., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University at Albany, Hampton, VA
Affiliations: SSAI, Inc., Hampton, VA; Nasa Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA,; University at Albany, Albany, NY; National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO; Renewable Energy Consultant, Golden, CO; NOAA National Climate Data Center, Asheville, NC

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Estimation of Sunshine Duration in Saudi Arabia Using Neural Networks

Authors: Mohamed Mohandes, Shafiqur
Presenter: Mohamed Mohandes, Ph.D., KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

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Photovoltaic Modeling with Bias Correction Using Demonstration Site Data in the Southeastern U.S.

Authors: Jonathan Allen, Ranran Wang, William Hobbs
Presenter: Jonathan Allen, SCD, Allen Analytics LLC, Tucson, AZ; Southern Company, Birmingham, AL