Direct, diffuse and total solar radiation data set in La Guajira, Magdalena and Cesar departments -Colombia

Abstract

This article aims to show direct, diffuse, and total solar radiation in the departments of La Guajira, Magdalena, and Cesar, located on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. In addition, data on climatic variables such as temperature, pressure, and relative humidity measured through different sensors located in these meteorological stations are presented. The data obtained by these stations correspond to measurements from 1993 to 2013 allowed the estimation of the parameters of the total, direct and diffuse solar radiation for each department, by mean of the Bird and Hulstrom model and parameterizations of the Mächler and Iqbal model. In addition, five climatological scenarios that could occur using these data were calculated.

Impact of season, cloud cover, and air pollution on different spectral regions of ultraviolet and visible incident solar radiation at the surface

“…A large fraction of the studies dealing with solar radiation published during recent years have considered models of solar radiation (e.g., Quej et al ., 2016; Yao et al ., 2017; Jamil and Siddiqui, 2018; Antonopoulos et al ., 2019; Cao et al ., 2020), often focusing on the application of solar radiation calculations and forecasting with regard to photovoltaic (PV) power plants (e.g., Ghofrani et al ., 2016; Bouzgou and Gueymard, 2017; Eseye et al ., 2018; Srivastava et al ., 2019; Das, 2020). The global, direct, and diffuse radiation are commonly measured in the field (Marques Filho et al ., 2016; Gairaa et al ., 2017; Othman et al ., 2018; Chamorro et al ., 2020; Mohammad et al ., 2020). PAR is often measured in connection with its absorption by plants and transmittance through the canopy (Green et al ., 1995; Roujean, 1999; Gurrea‐Ysasi et al ., 2018; Gitelson et al ., 2019).…”

Solar radiation as a source of clean energy: Calculation by Bristow-Campbell thermal amplitude model and validation, 2020

“…In Peru the energy base is hydroelectric and projects with solar and wind energy have already started to be developed, demonstrating a cultural change as equal as in countries such as China [4] or Russia [5], for the General Directorate of Energy Efficiency (DGEE) the participation of primary energies in the electricity market in 2019 was 153 937 TJ of which the contribution was 83.9 % Hydro, 3.9 % wind, 1.8 % solar and 4.4 % other, the low contribution of solar energy draws attention due to the fact that it can provide geographically inaccessible places that do not have commercial electric power, the eight solar photovoltaic plants with an installed capacity of 284.48 MWp connected to the National Interconnected Electric System is still very little for the great potential of existing solar radiation [6]. Necessary information to determine and quantify the solar irradiation on the earth's surface and thus know the potential of photovoltaic systems, can be found in the Solar Energy Atlas, with data on the spatial and temporal distribution of solar incidence, however this information is very sensitive to weather conditions and phenomena, so the alternative of mathematical models such as Bristow -Campbell are economically accessible and also affective to find the total radiation to generate the addition of direct radiation and diffuse radiation on a horizontal surface [7]. In Huancayo, due to its location at 12º from the equator, it presents a potential for the application of photovoltaic energy, so we will use the data of the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service (SENAMHI) to obtain historical and bibliographic data that show the region.…”