Without quality control, even expensive, high-precision radiometers can generate misleading data, according to Solargis' Marcel Suri.

In this pv magazine Webinar, organized in partnership with OTT HydroMet, the home to solar and meteorology brands such as Kipp & Zonen and Lufft, we’ll explore the main challenges affecting the lifespan and accuracy of smart sensors in the field, with ...

Even slight deviations to the equilibrium of this energy system are thought to be capable of causing extreme changes to Earth’s climate. Although solar irradiance data is an important component of environmental and climate research, solar radiation can ...

In the region of the solar radiation/convection zone boundary 11, the electron temperature T e ≈ 2.1 × 10 6 K, the electron density n e ≈ 9 × 10 22 cm −3, and the iron opacity arises mainly from L-shell bound–bound and bound–free transitions in ...

In principle, cosmic-ray observations can provide detailed insights into the physical profile of a passing ICME. But despite their relative ease of detection, Forbush decreases had not yet been observed simultaneously by detectors at multiple distances from the Sun, leaving astronomers unclear on how propagation distance affects their severity.

Solar energy is free, clean, and usually available in abundance. However, solar radiation is also less predictable than many kinds of fossilfuel. Researchers at the Institute of Networked and Embedded Systems have developed a model that allows a more accurate prediction of hourly solar radiation.

Surface radiation measurements and modelling constitute critical components in the study of Earth’s energy budget, climate change, and renewable energy applications. Through the integration of satellite data, such as that from Landsat, Sentinel-2 and ...

A very small instrument has a big job ahead of it: measuring all Earth-directed energy coming from the Sun and helping scientists understand how that energy influences our planet’s severe weather, climate change and other global forces. About the size of ...