Solar Resource Measurment Advances

Wednesday, April 17th: 8:30-10:00 AM

Moderator: Ann Gaglioti, CEO,GroundWork Renewables Inc

Presenters: Christian Gueymard, Frank Vignola, Kelsey Yates, James Bing

More details on each presenter/presentation below.

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Aerosol Turbidity Derivation from Broadband Irradiance Measurements: Methodological Advances and Uncertainty Analysis

Authors: Christian Gueymard, Steve Wilcox
Presenter:Christian Gueymard, Ph.D., Solar Consulting Services, Colebrook, NH; National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

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Providing High Quality Data to Test and Validate PV Models

Authors: Frank Vignola, Rich Kessler, Josh Peterson, Fudlin Lin, Bill Marion
Presenter: Frank Vignola, Ph.D., Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR; National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO

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Graphical Analysis of Real Skies with the Clear Day Index: Using Penn State SURFRAD Data

Authors: Kelsey Yates, Lucas Witmer, Jeffrey R.S. Brownson
Presenter: Kelsey Yates, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

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SMUD-Neo Irradiance (SNI) Open Access Database

Authors: James Bing, Obadiah Bartholomy, Elaine Sison-Lebrilla, Robert Williams, Thomas Vargas
Presenter: James Bing, BSEE, Electrical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell; SMUD, Sacramento, CA, United States Minor Outlying Islands