A simple correlation to estimate global solar irradiation on a horizontal surface using METEOSAT satellite images

Date

2011-05-06

Author

Aksoy, Bülent
Ener Rüşen, Selmin
Akınoğlu, Bülent Gültekin

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A simple quadratic correlation, which is obtained from a universal Angström-type quadratic relation, between daily horizontal global solar irradiation and satellite images is presented. The performance of this correlation is seen to be in the acceptable accuracy limits for daily estimates. In addition, by using data from 5 locations in Turkey, a linear correlation between the bright sunshine hours and satellite based cloud index is derived. Utilizing these 2 correlations, one can easily obtain spatial daily solar irradiation and sunshine duration maps for the regions with similar latitudes and climates of locations of interest. © TÜBİTAK.

Subject Keywords

Angström model, Bright sunshine duration, Cloud index, METEOSAT images, Solar radiation

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/107490

Journal

Turkish Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3906/muh-1006-50

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Department of Physics, Article

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B. Aksoy, S. Ener Rüşen, and B. G. Akınoğlu, “A simple correlation to estimate global solar irradiation on a horizontal surface using METEOSAT satellite images,” Turkish Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 125–137, 2011, Accessed: 00, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=79955553063&origin=inward.