Atmosphere Monitoring Helping CAMS towards the market in Solar Energy Etienne Wey (TRANSVALOR S.A.) with contributions from M. Schroedter-Homscheidt (DLR), M. Marchand, L. Saboret (Transvalor) and Armines (L. Wald, M. Lefèvre, B. Gschwind)
Atmosphere Monitoring
Helping CAMS towards the market in Solar Energy Etienne Wey (TRANSVALOR S.A.) with contributions from M. Schroedter-Homscheidt (DLR), M. Marchand, L. Saboret (Transvalor) and Armines (L. Wald, M. Lefèvre, B. Gschwind)
Atmosphere Monitoring
What is CAMS radiation?
• start in 2004 • after 1-2 days delay online • global, diffuse, direct and
direct normal irradiation • time series • 1 min, 15 min, 1 hour, 1 day,
1 month temporal resolution • interactive and OGC script
access possible • Managed and maintained by
Transvalor
The CAMS Radiation Service portal provides time series of clear sky (cloud-free) irradiation in global coverage and all-sky
irradiation in Europe/Africa/Middle East
Atmosphere Monitoring
The applied method
irradiance, cloud free irradiance © EUMETSAT/DLR
clouds from
satellite
Heliosat-4 and McClear
physical approaches, fast radiative
transfer
© MEEO
Atmosphere Monitoring
User specific solar radiation information
© BMU
© BMU
© TSK Flagsol
© DLR
Ecosystems, agriculture
Solar PV, CPV and CSP
Solar cadaster
Atmosphere Monitoring
CAMS Radiation Service users requests for new usages – Buildings, ligthing, energy
• Consultancy in energy monitoring of buildings • Optimization algorithm for residential buildings • Spectral distribution of the surface incident irradiation –
effect on the PV cell technology • Low altitude solar drone flight time optimization • Study of a generic hybrid ventilation system • Solar irradiation variations for video generation and photography • Model of a train track temperature from meteo data
and GHI & DNI
Atmosphere Monitoring
CAMS Radiation Service users requests for new usages – Biology and health
• Bioenergy - PAR data for microalgae growth • Radiation effect on the development and toxicity of
cyanobacterial blooms in reservoirs • Water disinfection by solar radiation (UV) • Synthesis of protective compounds such as flavonoids in plants -
color of iris flowers, as an answer to UV stress • Influence of UV doses and other meteorological data on the
“inula montana” in the Luberon mountain area • Impact of solar radiation on grapes and wine aroma –
modelisation of grape surface temperature dynamics • Study to demonstrate that UV-B exposure, as a surrogate for
vitamin D levels, contributes to prevent from Parkinson disease
Atmosphere Monitoring
Usage statistics
Atmosphere Monitoring
Conclusions
• CAMS radiation products are used for industry and research • The McClear and CAMS radiation statistics are showing an
increasing usage, with a broadening outside of the Solar Energy field
• TRANSVALOR gets a continuous feedback from its users helping towards defining new and improved products and services
• If you have any specific need, please ask!