Principles and key applications: principles and applications of synthetic solar irradiance
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2021
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Boland, J.
Grantham, A.
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Bright, J.M.
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Source details - Title: Synthetic Solar Irradiance: Modeling Solar Data, 2021 / Bright, J.M. (ed./s), Ch.2, pp.1-45
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In this chapter we first describe the basic concepts of synthetic generation of time series data. We examine several of the realms where it is needed. One area is downscaling from a coarse temporal resolution to a higher frequency. For example, when estimating the performance of solar cells, one-minute data is more useful than hourly, but it may not be available. Also, infilling missing data is crucial if one is forecasting output from a solar farm. On the other hand, generating any number of years of data from a limited number of measured years—known as bootstrapping—is useful for estimating risk for farms and other solar installations. In energy markets, there is scope for generating possible future trajectories for either solar radiation time series or financial instruments that depend on them. In describing these situations and others, we briefly explain the mechanisms for these computations. We end by describing in detail some specific example applications of synthetic solar irradiance tools
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Copyright 2021 AIP Publishing