<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The paper presents a comparative analysis between the surface global irradiation measured for Romania and the predicted irradiation obtained by numerical simulation. The measured data came from the Romanian National meteorological Administration. Based on a preliminary analysis that took into account several criteria among which, performance, cost, popularity and meteorological and satellite data accessibility we concluded that a combination GFS-WRF(NMM) or GFS-WRF(ARW) is most suitable for short term global solar irradiation forecasting in order to assess the performance of the photovoltaic power stations (Badescu and Dumitrescu, 2012, [1], Martin et al., 2011, [2]).</p></abstract>

The paper presents a comparative analysis between the surface global irradiation measured for Romania and the predicted irradiation obtained by numerical simulation. The measured data came from the Romanian National meteorological Administration. Based on a preliminary analysis that took into account several criteria among which, performance, cost, popularity and meteorological and satellite data accessibility we concluded that a combination GFS-WRF(NMM) or GFS-WRF(ARW) is most suitable for short term global solar irradiation forecasting in order to assess the performance of the photovoltaic power stations (Badescu and Dumitrescu, 2012, [1], Martin et al., 2011, [2]).

Comparison Between Measurements and WRF Numerical Simulation of Global Solar Irradiation in Romania

Dept. of Aerospace Sciences "Elie Carafoli", Univ. Politehnica of Bucharest, Str. Gh. Polizu 1 , 011061, Bucharest, ROMANIA

Candida Oancea Institute, Univ. Politehnica of Bucharest, Spl. Independentei 313, 060042 Bucharest, ROMANIA

Annals of West University of Timisoara - Physics

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The paper presents a comparative analysis between the surface global irradiation measured for Romania and the predicted irradiation obtained by numerical...

Comparison Between Measurements and WRF Numerical Simulation of Global Solar Irradiation in Romania

Publié en ligne: 29 oct. 2015

Pages: 24 - 33

Reçu: 17 mars 2013

Accepté: 29 mars 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/awutp-2015-0103

Mots clés
global irradiance forecast, NWP simulation, PV stations

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Comparison Between Measurements and WRF Numerical Simulation of Global Solar Irradiation in Romania

Publié en ligne: 29 oct. 2015

Pages: 24 - 33

Reçu: 17 mars 2013

Accepté: 29 mars 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/awutp-2015-0103

Mots clésglobal irradiance forecast, NWP simulation, PV stations

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
global irradiance forecast, NWP simulation, PV stations