Seminar 18-1 -- New High Quality Solar Data Sources and Analysis Methods for High Resolution Weather Applications: Part 1 PDF

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The quality and amount of data available from meteorological satellites has opened up multiple opportunities to improve the development of new solar radiation model methodologies. These new methodologies have created advances in weather data engineering applications for the modeling and design of energy efficient buildings. This seminar describes the National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB), and describes detailed information on the use of satellite-derived solar radiation data in applications that created high quality weather files for California and Canada.

Review of the National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB)
J. Neal Lott, Associate Member
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Use of Satellite-Derived Solar Radiation in Updating California Energy Commission's Standard Weather Files
Joe Huang, Member
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Satellite-Derived Solar Radiation Data for Canada
Robert Morris, Member
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