Satellite-based estimation of surface solar irradiance

Philippe Blanc (1) , Benoît Gschwind (1) , Mireille Lefèvre (2) , Lionel Ménard (1) , Lucien Wald (2)

1 CEP - Centre Énergétique et Procédés
2 CEP/Sophia

Databases of solar radiation values measured since 1985, which are of high interest in domains such as renewable energy, health, or architecture, are now freely available online.

Mots clés: solar energy; remote sensing; radiation; database; Meteosat

Domaines: Energétique; Energie électrique; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]

Philippe Blanc, Benoît Gschwind, Mireille Lefèvre, Lionel Ménard, Lucien Wald. Satellite-based estimation of surface solar irradiance. SPIE Newsroom, 2011, http://spie.org/x48815.xml?highlight=x2420&ArticleID=x48815. ⟨10.1117/2.1201105.003735⟩. ⟨hal-00606352⟩