@Article{EscobarCoPiPeMaMi:2014:SaEsGr,
               author = "Escobar, Rodrigo A. and Cortes, Cristian and Pino, Alan and 
                         Pereira, Enio Bueno and Martins, Fernando Ramos and Miguel 
                         Cardemil, Jose",
          affiliation = "{Pontificia Universidad Catolica Chile} and {Pontificia 
                         Universidad Catolica Chile} and {Pontificia Universidad Catolica 
                         Chile} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and 
                         {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and 
                         {Universidad Diego Portales}",
                title = "Solar energy resource assessment in Chile: Satellite estimation 
                         and ground station measurements",
              journal = "Renewable Energy",
                 year = "2014",
               volume = "71",
                pages = "324--332",
                month = "Nov.",
             keywords = "Solar resource assessment, Chile, Ground measurements, Satellite 
                         estimation, Cloud cover estimation.",
             abstract = "The progress from the last four years in solar energy resource 
                         assessment for Chile is reported, including measurements from a 
                         ground station network spanning from two to three years of data, 
                         and satellite estimations from the recently developed Chile-SR 
                         model including two full years of data. The model introduces 
                         different procedures for the meteorological variables and the 
                         effective cloud cover computations that allow estimation of the 
                         global horizontal and diffuse irradiation on an hourly basis. 
                         Direct normal irradiation is computed by applying proper solar 
                         geometry corrections to the direct horizontal irradiation. The 
                         satellite estimation model was developed as an adaptation from 
                         Brazil-SR model, with an improved formulation for 
                         altitude-corrected atmospheric parameters, and a novel formulation 
                         for calculating effective cloud covers while at the same time 
                         detecting and differentiating it from snow covers and salt lakes. 
                         The model is validated by comparison with ground station data. The 
                         results indicate that there are high radiation levels throughout 
                         the country. In particular, northern Chile is endowed with one of 
                         the highest solar resources in the world.",
                  doi = "10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.013",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.013",
                 issn = "0960-1481",
                label = "isi 2014-11 EscobarCoPiPeMaMi:2014:SaEsGr",
             language = "en",
        urlaccessdate = "03 maio 2024"
}