Sustainability and Social Justice

Date of Award

8-2016

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in GIS for Development and Environment (GISDE)

Department

International Development, Community and Environment

Chief Instructor

John Rogan

Keywords

Remote sensing, Tibet, Solar irradiance, MODIS, 3D radiative transfer model

Abstract

Measuring the solar irradiance with high accuracy is the basis of PV power forecasting. Although the downward surface shortwave radiation (DSSR) data derived from satellite images are widely used in the PV industry, the instantaneity and accuracy of these data are not suitable for PV power forecasting in a short-time period. In this study, an algorithm to calculate instantaneous DSSR for all-sky conditions was developed by combining clear-sky radiative transfer model and 3D radiative transfer model using MODIS products (MOD03-07, 09). The algorithm was evaluated by ground measurements from a station in Lhasa and a reference dataset from FLASHFlux. The results indicate that the errors of DSSR using combining model are less than FLASHFlux. The time consuming of running 3D radiative transfer model can be reduced by narrowing down the extent of input data to 8km.

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