The HelioClim Project: from satellite images to solar radiation maps

Christelle Rigollier (1) , Lucien Wald (2)

1 CEP - Centre Énergétique et Procédés
2 CEP/Sophia

The presentation will address the present status of the HelioClim Project. After a short description of the Project, the improvements already brought to the Heliosat method will be discussed: calibration, clear-sky model, relationship between clear-sky index and the cloud index. Their influence upon the quality of the assessment of the solar radiation will be shown. The conclusion will include a presentation of the further steps of HelioClim.

Mots clés: radiation; climatology; atlas; measurement; satellite

Domaines: Planète et Univers [physics]; Océan, Atmosphère; Planète et Univers [physics]; Sciences de la Terre

Christelle Rigollier, Lucien Wald. The HelioClim Project: from satellite images to solar radiation maps. ISES Solar World Congress 1999, Jul 1999, Jerusalem, Israel. pp.427-431. ⟨hal-00465888⟩