Remote spectral prediction for PV applications

Research Resources and reading list

Appropedia Articles

• Solar resource measurement for PV applications
• Open source solar spectrum project
• Installing RRTM for use with MATLAB on a Windows machine
• Atmospheric Radiation Transfer for PV applications
• Accessing NASA satellite aerosol data

RTM pages

• RRTM- <http://rtweb.aer.com/rrtm_frame.html>
• SBdart- Source code: <http://www.meto.umd.edu/~zli/METO401/AOSC625/SBDART/sbdart.f>, Manual <http://web.archive.org/web/20170329155712/http://www.dca.iag.usp.br:80/www/material/satelite/manual_sbdart.pdf>
• SMARTS- Report <http://web.archive.org/web/20180614015450/http://rredc.nrel.gov:80/solar/models/SMARTS/relatedrefs/SMARTS2_report.pdf>, Download <http://www.nrel.gov/rredc/smarts/about.html>

How to install these on Linux (Ubuntu): Installing RTM Software on Linux

Files

• Rob Andrews Thesis Proposal- Overview of thesis activities, and description of initial work and validations
• Complied_spectral.mat- Initial compiled spectral information
• Spectral_Correction.m- Prototype SBdart cloud optical thickness scheme
• Spectral_program_comparison.m- Initial validation of codes vs. AM1.5 and NREL measured spectra. Includes spectral plane transformation code for anisotropic sky
• Concatenate_spectral.m- Includes spectrum validation files
• sbdartf.m- function to call the SBdartnopause.exe program, and import results
• RRTM.m- RRTM wrapper for matlab
• Isc_Prediction_submission.pdf- Paper outlining idendification algorithm for clear/cloudy days from timeseries. Also outlines the effects of spectral mismatch on panel performance.

Raditation databases

• Solar Anywhere- www.solaranywhere.com
• Solar data Warehouse- http://www.solardatawarehouse.com/Data.aspx
• Baseline Solar Radiaiton Network- http://www.bsrn.awi.de/en/stations/listings/

HPCVL

• http://www.hpcvl.org/
• Parallel computing libraries- http://web.archive.org/web/20170205041557/http://www.hpcvl.org:80/faqs/dmsm-library