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Papers by Annette Hammer

The project SoDa (solar data) answers the needs of industry and research for infor-mation on sola... more The project SoDa (solar data) answers the needs of industry and research for infor-mation on solar radiation parameters with a satisfactory quality. The methodology is user-driven with a large involvement of users in the project, who gauge the pro-gresses and achievements. A prototype servicehas been developed, using Internet technology, that integrates and efficiently exploits diverse networked information sources to supply value-added information. Access to data and applications has been greatly improved; efforts were made on interpolation methods and satellite data processing to achieve better quality and increase time and space coverage of the in-

&lt;p&gt;Cloud Motion Vector (CMV) estimation from consecutive satellite images i... more &lt;p&gt;Cloud Motion Vector (CMV) estimation from consecutive satellite images is widely used commercially for providing hours-ahead intraday forecasts of solar irradiance and PV power production. The modelling assumptions in these methods are generally satisfied for advective motion which is common in mid-latitudes, but strained for tropical meteorological conditions dominated by convective clouds. The region under analysis in this study encompasses both tropical and sub-tropical climatic zones and is affected by seasonal strong convection, i.e., the South Asian Monsoon.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The purpose of this study is to benchmark the monthly forecast error of three commonly used CMV estimation techniques - Block-match, Farneb&amp;#228;ck (Optical flow) and TV-L&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; (Optical flow), for analysing their performance on a seasonal basis. The main focus of this work is the analysis of the limitations of image processing based Block-match and Optical flow techniques in predicting irradiance during the Monsoon period, which presents frequent convective formation and dissipation.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Forecasted Cloud Index (CI) maps are validated against reference analysis CI maps for the period 2018-2019 for forecast lead times from 0 to 5.5 hours ahead using the Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) metric for estimating the accuracy. Persistence of analysis cloud index maps are used as the reference worst case scenario forecast. Site-level forecasts of irradiance for the same period are validated against ground measured irradiance from two BSRN stations - Gurgaon and Tiruvallur, located in Northern and Southern India respectively.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;From the Winter period in March to the Monsoon period in August, there is a marked reduction of the 30 minutes ahead forecast accuracy by 3 dB in terms of Peak Signal to Noise Ratio at the image-wide level. This can be observed for all the three methods and the worst-case persistence scenario. Both optical flow methods outperform Block-match by 0.5 dB for the entire period of analysis. The Gurgaon BSRN site is affected by Summer Monsoon and shows an increase in nRMSE by a factor of 3 for all the methods. This station shows a seasonal pattern of forecast error closely matching the image-wide forecast accuracy. The forecast error for the Tiruvallur BSRN station on the other hand reaches its peak in December (Data for October and November are absent), due to its location in the Winter Monsoon climatic zone. Again, the nRMSE for all methods increase by a factor of almost 3 from March to December. The inter-method difference in accuracy is not significant and a seasonal difference (20% nRMSE) dominates. This highlights the shortcomings of image processing techniques in extrapolating future cloud locations under convective situations, where there is rapid change in cloud content between consecutive images.&lt;/p&gt;

Viele Anwendungsbereiche der Solarenergie und der Tageslichtnutzung in Gebauden erfordern raumlic... more Viele Anwendungsbereiche der Solarenergie und der Tageslichtnutzung in Gebauden erfordern raumlich und zeitlich hochaufgeloste Einstrahlungsdaten. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit besteht in der Ableitung solch hochaufgeloster Einstrahlungsdaten aus Meteosat-Aufnahmen. Zu diesem Zweck wird die Heliosat-Methode verwendet, ein statistisches Verfahren zur Berechnung der Globalstrahlung aus Satellitendaten. Diese Methode wird um die Modellierung der Diffusstrahlung erweitert und daruberhinaus in zwei wesentlichen Bereichen verbessert: Zur Normierung des Satellitensignals wird das Ruckstreusignal der Atmosphare in Abhangigkeit von der Sonnen- und Satellitenposition erfasst. Zur Bestimmung der Globalstrahlung wird ein Clearsky-Modell eingesetzt, das die Trubung der Atmosphare berucksichtigt. Die Untersuchung der Genauigkeit der vorgestellten Methode bildet den Schwerpunkt dieser Arbeit.

The cloud index is a key parameter of the Heliosat method. This method is widely used to calculat... more The cloud index is a key parameter of the Heliosat method. This method is widely used to calculate solar irradiance on the Earth's surface from Meteosat visible channel images. Moreover, cloud index images are the basis of short-term forecasting of solar irradiance and photovoltaic power production. For this purpose, cloud motion vectors are derived from consecutive images, and the motion of clouds is extrapolated to obtain forecasted cloud index images. The cloud index calculation is restricted to the daylight hours, as long as SEVIRI HR-VIS images are used. Hence, this forecast method cannot be used before sunrise. In this paper, a method is introduced that can be utilized a few hours before sunrise. The cloud information is gained from the brightness temperature difference (BTD) of the 10.8 µm and 3.9 µm SEVIRI infrared channels. A statistical relation is developed to assign a cloud index value to either the BTD or the brightness temperature T 10.8 , depending on the cloud class to which the pixel belongs (fog and low stratus, clouds with temperatures less than 232 K, other clouds). Images are composed of regular HR-VIS cloud index values that are used to the east of the terminator and of nighttime BTD-derived cloud index values used to the west of the terminator, where the Sun has not yet risen. The motion vector algorithm is applied to the images and delivers a forecast of irradiance at sunrise and in the morning. The forecasted irradiance is validated with ground measurements of global horizontal irradiance, and the advantage of the new approach is shown. The RMSE of forecasted irradiance based on the presented nighttime cloud index for the morning hours is between 3 and 70 W/m 2 , depending on the time of day. This is an improvement against the previous precision range of the forecast based on the daytime cloud index between 70 and 85 W/m 2 .

$Research paper thumbnail of Simulating clear-sky index increment correlations under mixed sky conditions using a fractal cloud model$

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1999 ISES Solar World Congress, 2000

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2011, 2011

Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, 2012

Solar Energy, 1997

Hourly images registered by the Meteosat satellite are used to derive the global irradiance at gr... more Hourly images registered by the Meteosat satellite are used to derive the global irradiance at ground level. Keeping almost the full spatial information of the original images, maps of irradiance characteristics for Africa are derived with a resolution of approx. 10 × 10 kmL Monthly irradiance conditions are characterized by means and standard deviations of daily sums and the irradiance of specific daytime hours. The data also allow for the extraction of irradiance time series for specific sites. In addition, the analysis of the spatial structure of the satellite-derived irradiance fields is used to identify regions in which the radiation characteristics call for special attention. © 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.

Energy, 2013

In this work, the current version of the satellite-based HELIOSAT method and ground-based linear ... more In this work, the current version of the satellite-based HELIOSAT method and ground-based linear ÅngströmePrescott type relations are used in combination. The first approach is based on the use of a correlation between daily bright sunshine hours (s) and cloud index (n). In the second approach a new correlation is proposed between daily solar irradiation and daily data of s and n which is based on a physical parameterization. The performances of the proposed two combined models are tested against conventional methods. We test the use of obtained correlation coefficients for nearby locations. Our results show that the use of sunshine duration together with the cloud index is quite satisfactory in the estimation of daily horizontal global solar irradiation. We propose to use the new approaches to estimate daily global irradiation when the bright sunshine hours data is available for the location of interest, provided that some regression coefficients are determined using the data of a nearby station. In addition, if surface data for a close location does not exist then it is recommended to use satellite models like HELIOSAT or the new approaches instead the Ångström type models.