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Modelling atmospheric radiative transfer conditions and its comparison to empirical solar irradiance in South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Fourie, CH
dc.contributor.author Winkler, H
dc.contributor.author Roro, Kittessa T
dc.date.accessioned 2021-03-07T19:08:00Z
dc.date.available 2021-03-07T19:08:00Z
dc.date.issued 2019-11
dc.identifier.citation Fourie, C., Winkler, H. & Roro, K.T. 2019. Modelling atmospheric radiative transfer conditions and its comparison to empirical solar irradiance in South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11840 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-7972-1825-3
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11840
dc.description.abstract This paper seeks to investigate the performance of solar irradiance modelling to ground based data in an urban environment. The ability to accurately model and in turn determine solar irradiance as it propagates through the atmosphere, and predict the potential for renewable energy application, has lured investment opportunities and has become a topic of interest over the past couple of years as the price of solar panels have dropped. Modelling here is done with SMARTS 2.9.5, a cost free open source modelling program. This investigation analyses and compares the performance of the SMARTS model, using a varying complexity of input parameters, to see under which conditions the model best simulates results gathered by ground instrumentation based in Pretoria, South Africa. en_US
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dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.relation.uri https://sasec.org.za/documents/SASEC2019_proceedings.pdf en_US
dc.source 6th Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC), Mpekweni Beach Resort, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, 25-27 November 2019 en_US
dc.subject Aerosol optical depth en_US
dc.subject Highveld South Africa en_US
dc.subject Solar irradiance en_US
dc.subject SMARTS en_US
dc.title Modelling atmospheric radiative transfer conditions and its comparison to empirical solar irradiance in South Africa en_US
dc.type Conference Presentation en_US
dc.description.pages 8pp en_US
dc.description.note Paper presented at the 6th Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC), Mpekweni Beach Resort, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, 25-27 November 2019 en_US
dc.description.cluster Smart Places
dc.description.impactarea Energy Supply
dc.identifier.apacitation Fourie, C., Winkler, H., & Roro, K. T. (2019). Modelling atmospheric radiative transfer conditions and its comparison to empirical solar irradiance in South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11840 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Fourie, CH, H Winkler, and Kittessa T Roro. "Modelling atmospheric radiative transfer conditions and its comparison to empirical solar irradiance in South Africa." <i>6th Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC), Mpekweni Beach Resort, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, 25-27 November 2019</i> (2019): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11840 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Fourie C, Winkler H, Roro KT, Modelling atmospheric radiative transfer conditions and its comparison to empirical solar irradiance in South Africa; 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11840 . en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Conference Presentation AU - Fourie, CH AU - Winkler, H AU - Roro, Kittessa T AB - This paper seeks to investigate the performance of solar irradiance modelling to ground based data in an urban environment. The ability to accurately model and in turn determine solar irradiance as it propagates through the atmosphere, and predict the potential for renewable energy application, has lured investment opportunities and has become a topic of interest over the past couple of years as the price of solar panels have dropped. Modelling here is done with SMARTS 2.9.5, a cost free open source modelling program. This investigation analyses and compares the performance of the SMARTS model, using a varying complexity of input parameters, to see under which conditions the model best simulates results gathered by ground instrumentation based in Pretoria, South Africa. DA - 2019-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR J1 - 6th Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC), Mpekweni Beach Resort, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, 25-27 November 2019 KW - Aerosol optical depth KW - Highveld South Africa KW - Solar irradiance KW - SMARTS LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2019 SM - 978-0-7972-1825-3 T1 - Modelling atmospheric radiative transfer conditions and its comparison to empirical solar irradiance in South Africa TI - Modelling atmospheric radiative transfer conditions and its comparison to empirical solar irradiance in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11840 ER - en_ZA
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