| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Terms and definitions / Tom Stoffel -- 2. Semi-empirical satellite models / Richard Perez, Tomas Cebecauer and Marcel Suri -- 3. Physically based satellite models / Steven D. Miller, Andrew K. Heidinger and Manajit Sengupta -- 4. Evaluation of resource risk in solar-project financing / Andrew McMahan, Cathy Grover and Frank Vignola -- 5. Bankable solar-radiation datasets / Frank Vignola, Andrew McMahan and Cathy Grover -- 6. Solar resource variability / Richard Perez and Thomas E. Hoff -- 7. Quantifying and simulating solar-plant variability using irradiance data / M. Lave, J. Kleissl and J. Stein -- 8. Overview of solar-forecasting methods and a metric for accuracy evaluation / Carlos F.M. Coimbra and Jan Kleissl, Richardo Marquez -- 9. Sky-imaging systems for short-term forecasting / Bryan Urquhart, Mohamed Ghonima, Dung Nguyen, Ben Kurtz, Chi Wai Chow and Jan Kleissl -- 10. Solar anywhere forecasting / Richard Perez and Tom E. Hoff -- 11. Satellite-based irradiance and power forecasting for the German energy market / Jan Kuhnert, Elke Lorenz and Detlev Heinemann -- 12. Forecasting solar irradiance with numerical weather prediction models / Vincent E. Larson -- 13. Data assimilation in numerical weather prediction and sample applications / Andrew S. Jones and Steven J. Fletcher -- 14. Case studies of solar forecasting with the weather research and forecasting model at GL-Garrad Hassan / Patrick Mathiesen, Jan Kleissl and Craig Collier -- 15. Stochastic-learning methods / Carlos F.M. Coimbra and Hugo T.C. Pedro |
| Summary |
Addresses new barriers to solar energy implementation that have made the field of solar forecasting and resource assessment pivotally important. Topics covered include intermittency, reliability, accuracy of long-term resource projections, and variable short-term power generation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed Jan. 7, 2014) |
| Subject |
Solar energy.
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Solar Energy
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solar power.
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Solar energy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kleissl, Jan.
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| ISBN |
9780123977724 |
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012397772X |
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0123971772 |
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9780123971777 |
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