RADIOMETRIC MODELS AND GENERATION OF THE U.S. NATIONAL SOLAR RADIATION DATA BASE

摘要

More than 90% of the solar radiation data in the National Solar Radiation Data Base(NSRDB Vol. 1 1992) were either derived using a METeorological/STATistical (METSTAT) model or were modified using a procedure that involved METSTAT. The impact of modeling on the NSRDB is not unique. All of the data in the SOLar radiation and METeorological (SOLMET) data base and the Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) data sets derived from it were affected in one way or another by modeling (SOLMET Vol. 2 1979).