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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Nocturnal infrared clear sky temperatures correlated with screen temperatures and GPS-derived PWV in southern Australia |
Author: | Maghrabi, A. Clay, R. |
Citation: | Energy Conversion and Management, 2011; 52(8-9):2925-2936 |
Publisher: | Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 0196-8904 1879-2227 |
Statement of Responsibility: | A. Maghrabi and R. Clay |
Abstract: | Infrared (IR) clear sky temperatures (Tsky), screen level temperature (T) and Precipitable Water Vapour (PWV) were collected for a period of 2 years from a coastal region of southern Australia. IR sky temperatures were derived from simple infrared detectors, which have been developed by the authors for inexpensive monitoring of cloud cover, while data for PWV were obtained from Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) transmissions. Meteorological data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Based on these data, statistical regression analyses between nocturnal Tsky and the T and PWV (one variable fit) were conducted. Direct proportional relationships between Tsky and T and between Tsky and PWV were found. The one variable fit was further optimized by applying the multiple regression fit between Tsky and both T and PWV. The resulting multilinear model was essentially unbiased, with a correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.97, mean bias error (MBE) of -2.7 × 10-5 °C, and root mean square error (RMSE) of about 1.6 °C. The performance of the multilinear model was tested against a 1-year independent data set. In this case, the predictability of the model was superior, with MBE and RMSE being 0.13 °C and 2.23 °C respectively. After correcting the daytime observations for the biases caused by solar heating of the detection system, the performance of this model in calculating the daytime measurements was tested and showed MBE and RMSE values of 1.3 °C and 2.5 °C, respectively. Additionally, twenty schemes from the literature were tested and assessed for predicting the measured sky temperature. The performances of these models were all different. Whereas most of them underestimated the measured sky temperatures, three of these models showed a reasonable prediction ability. Finally, the multilinear model was compared with the simulated sky temperatures obtained using MODTRAN software. Perfect agreements were found between the two temperatures. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Keywords: | Sky temperature Clear sky GPS PWV Screen temperature MODTRAN |
Rights: | Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.enconman.2011.02.027 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2011.02.027 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest IPAS publications Physics publications |
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