Regional validation of the solar irradiance tool SolaRes in clear-sky conditions, with a focus on the aerosol module

The Solar Resource estimate (SolaRes) tool based on the Speed-up Monte Carlo Advanced Radiative Transfer code using GPU (SMART-G) has the ambition to fulfil both research and industrial applications by providing accurate, precise, and high-time-resolution simulations of the solar resource. We invest...

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Published in:Atmospheric measurement techniques 2024-07, Vol.17 (13), p.4041-4063
Main Authors: Elias, Thierry, Ferlay, Nicolas, Chesnoiu, Gabriel, Chiapello, Isabelle, Moulana, Mustapha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actinometers
Aerosol absorption
Aerosol effects
Aerosol models
Aerosol optical properties
Aerosol Robotic Network
Aerosols
Albedo
Atmospheric monitoring
Atmospheric particulates
Clear sky
Datasets
Environmental Sciences
Estimates
Examinations
Industrial applications
Influence
Irradiance
Optical properties
Optical thickness
Parameterization
Pyranometers
Pyrheliometers
Radiation
Radiation measurement
Radiative transfer
Scattering
Sciences of the Universe
Screening
Sensitivity
Sky
Solar energy
Solar irradiance
Solar radiation
Surface properties
Testing
Validity
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Summary:The Solar Resource estimate (SolaRes) tool based on the Speed-up Monte Carlo Advanced Radiative Transfer code using GPU (SMART-G) has the ambition to fulfil both research and industrial applications by providing accurate, precise, and high-time-resolution simulations of the solar resource. We investigate the capacity of SolaRes to reproduce the radiation field, relying on 2 years of ground-based measurements by pyrheliometers and pyranometers acquired in northern France (Lille and Palaiseau). Our main objective is to provide, as a first step in clear-sky conditions, a thorough regional validation of SolaRes, allowing us to investigate aerosol impacts on solar resource. We perform comparisons between SolaRes-simulated and clear-sky-measured global horizontal irradiance (GHI), direct normal irradiance (DNI), diffuse horizontal irradiance (DifHI), and global and diffuse irradiance on a tilted plane (GTI, DifTI), and we even consider the circumsolar contributions.
ISSN:1867-8548
1867-1381
1867-8548
DOI:10.5194/amt-17-4041-2024