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Solar Energy Nowcasting System (SENSE)

PI S. Kazadzis
Operators: P. Kosmopoulos, M. Taylor, P.I. Raptis
Participants National Observatory of Athens
Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos, World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC)
Instrument picture

This pilot service was developed in the framework of the GEO-CRADLE project under the grant agreement No 690133 (HORIZON 2020). The objective of this feasibility study is the operational application of the Solar Energy Nowcasting SystEm for the PRE-TECT campaign.

SENSE is capable of producing maps of spectrally-integrated irradiances of the order of 10,000 to 100,000 pixels within 1 minute and hence provide the capability needed to serve high precision solar power applications for energy planning. Surface spectra for Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI), which applies to Concentrated Solar Plants (CSP), as well as Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI), which applies to PhotoVoltaic (PV) installations are produced at high resolution using input data from Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) for aerosols impact and from Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfRared Imager (SEVIRI) onboard the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) for clouds impact. The technical background of this system is described here.

The Solar Energy Nowcasting SystEm (SENSE) produces operational maps of Crete, for the duration of the PRE-TECT campaign/project, at high resolution (1nm, 0.05 x 0.05 degrees, 15 min) and is based on the synergy of Neural Networks, Radiative Transfer simulations and real-time satellite retrievals.

Measurements

Measurement Start time Duration
SENSE April 30, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 29, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 28, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 27, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 26, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 25, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 24, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 23, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 22, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 21, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 20, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 19, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 18, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 17, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 16, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 15, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 14, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 13, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 12, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 11, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 10, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 9, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 8, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 7, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 6, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 5, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 4, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 3, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 2, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE April 1, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 31, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 30, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 29, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 28, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 27, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 26, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 25, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 24, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 23, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 22, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 21, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 20, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 19, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 18, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 17, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 16, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 15, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 14, 2017, midnight 1 day
SENSE March 13, 2017, midnight 1 day

Instrument activity

Recent measurements

Contact

For further information about the campaign please contact Vassilis Amiridis.

Acknowledgement

This campaign has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654109.

Credits

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