All that glitters isn't always gold... sometimes it's solar arrays! In this week's EarthFromOrbit, learn about a phenomena known as sunglint, and how NOAA satellites can aid in solar energy forecasts.
interesting phenomenon to see, there’s actually an important connection between satellite observations and solar energy production. Detailed data about clouds from NOAA satellites can aid solar energy forecasts.
So how can the solar industry determine how much sunlight their systems will get, monitor efficiency, and maintain a balance between power generation and consumption? The view from 22,300 miles above can help. Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites are particularly useful in the short-term prediction of solar radiation for renewable energy production.
GOES cloud information can also be used to improve the starting point of numerical forecast models as well, through a process called data assimilation. Techniques for relating the observed clouds to characteristics of the environment such as temperature, moisture, vertical motion, and horizontal winds can help better inform models, leading to better cloud forecasts at multi-hour time scales, when the details of the currently-observed cloud field will have changed significantly.
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