Estimation of Direct Normal Irradiance at Antarctica for Concentrated Solar Technology

• Published in: Applied System Innovation
• Main Authors: Irena Balog, Francesco Spinelli, Paolo Grigioni, Giampaolo Caputo, Giuseppe Napoli, Lorenzo De Silvestri
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019
• Subjects: Antarctica; solar radiation observations; direct normal irradiance; global horizontal irradiance; diffraction model; concentrating solar technology; Technology; T; Applied mathematics. Quantitative methods; T57-57.97; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Mario Zucchelli; Mario Zucchelli Station; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/asi2030021; https://doaj.org/article/36f05e4015c34eb781bba063696d4868

The estimation of the average daily, monthly and annual direct normal solar irradiation (DNI) was done in the region hosting the Mario Zucchelli Station, in the bay of Terra Nova (Antarctica). Estimates are based on measurements of direct normal (DNI), horizontal global (GHI) and horizontal diffuse...