VALIDATION OF DIRECT BEAM IRRADIANCE MEASUREMENTS FROM ROTATING SHADOWBAND PYRANOMETERS IN A DIFFERENT CLIMATE
2010
Rotating Shadowband Pyranometers (RSPs) are the preferable type of radiation sensors for measurement of
direct solar beam irradiance at remote sites where daily maintenance of the instruments is not feasible or
practicable. Their primordial lower accuracy due to systematic deviations of the photodiode sensor can be
improved significantly with a thorough calibration of each RSP against high precision sensors and
application of suitable corrections on the raw data. With corrections derived by DLR, RSP data coincide with
the high precision reference measurements within 2 to 3% RMSD for instantaneous direct beam irradiance
and meet the annual irradiation sum within 1.5%. This accuracy could be validated and confirmed with a
parallel measurement campaign of 6 RSPs in the United Arab Emirates performed by Masdar and CSP
Services. The results are presented in this paper.
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