Global horizontal irradiance clear sky models : implementation and analysis.

Stein, Joshua S. ; Hansen, Clifford W. ; Reno, Matthew J.

Sandia National Laboratories

关键词: Aerosols;    99 General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;    Sky;    Implementation;    Solar Radiation;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1039404
RP-ID  :  SAND2012-2389
RP-ID  :  AC04-94AL85000
RP-ID  :  1039404

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Clear sky models estimate the terrestrial solar radiation under a cloudless sky as a function of the solar elevation angle, site altitude, aerosol concentration, water vapor, and various atmospheric conditions. This report provides an overview of a number of global horizontal irradiance (GHI) clear sky models from very simple to complex. Validation of clear-sky models requires comparison of model results to measured irradiance during clear-sky periods. To facilitate validation, we present a new algorithm for automatically identifying clear-sky periods in a time series of GHI measurements. We evaluate the performance of selected clear-sky models using measured data from 30 different sites, totaling about 300 site-years of data. We analyze the variation of these errors across time and location. In terms of error averaged over all locations and times, we found that complex models that correctly account for all the atmospheric parameters are slightly more accurate than other models, but, primarily at low elevations, comparable accuracy can be obtained from some simpler models. However, simpler models often exhibit errors that vary with time of day and season, whereas the errors for complex models vary less over time.