New Challenges in Solar Radiation, Modeling and Remote Sensing (Second Edition)
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 December 2024 | Viewed by 8237
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solar radiation; atmospheric physics; solar systems modeling; radiative transfer; remote sensing; solar power plant performance
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Interests: radiative transfer; invariant imbedding; discrete ordinate method; synthetic iterations
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Surface solar radiation is of vital importance for life on Earth, radiation–energy balance, photosynthesis and photochemical reactions, meteorological and climatic conditions, and the water cycle. Solar radiation is the most abundant renewable energy resource and, therefore, the demands for environmentally clean energy solutions and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions have shifted global interest toward the exploitation of solar energy for sustainable development in meeting electricity demands. Solar radiation measurements are necessary in the assessment of potential solar energy resources, while their scarce spatial coverage renders solar radiation modeling and remote sensing necessary for atmospheric and energy applications. The recent applications in broadening the penetration of solar systems have given rise to new demands and challenges in modeling solar radiation and regarding the availability of new and better solar radiation products. Solar cadasters or the modeling of solar radiation with complex topology (rear surface of bifacial PV systems), for instance, are just two specific examples of numerous topics. This Special Issue aims to review recent developments in obtaining solar radiation measurements of higher quality and modeling (solar radiation networks, historical developments, technique comparisons, and standard comparisons between models) and remote sensing using satellite and advanced statistical techniques such as artificial neural networks for solar radiation and energy mapping from regional to global scales. Satellite remote sensing of solar radiation provides better spatial coverage, and various methods have been developed for this, with the main disadvantages being the increased uncertainties and requirements for validation using ground-based measurements or modeling data.
This Special Issue is the second edition of Special Issue: New Challenges in Solar Radiation, Modeling and Remote Sensing. Experts and scholars in related fields are welcome to submit their original works to this Special Issue.
Dr. Jesús Polo
Dr. Dmitry Efremenko
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- solar radiation
- models and techniques
- solar cadasters
- remote sensing
- modeling solar radiation with complex topology
- radiative forcing
- solar dimming/brightening
- PV systems
- solar radiation/energy mapping
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