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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2012
Shawn Kerrigan, Redwood City, CA (US);
Matthew Williams, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Herzig, Edgewater, NJ (US);
Shawn Kerrigan, Redwood City, CA (US);
Matthew Williams, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Herzig, Edgewater, NJ (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method of estimating at least one solar irradiance component, the method comprising: obtaining a sensor measurement from an instrument to provide a measured global horizontal irradiance (GHI), wherein the measured global horizontal irradiance (GHI) consists of at least an estimated diffuse horizontal irradiance (DHI) and an estimated direct normal irradiance (DNI); providing at least one modeled component, wherein at least one of the modeled components is a modeled global horizontal irradiance based on an atmospheric model (GHI); calculating an irradiance estimate modifier (IMOD) in a computing device according to the measured global horizontal irradiance (GHI) and the modeled global horizontal irradiance (GHI); and providing at least one estimated solar irradiance component by a computing device according to the irradiance estimate modifier (IMOD) and at least one modeled component.