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E. Galvez and U. K. Oxford, Available: http://www.eolss.net, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) essential climate variables, 2007.

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L. Diabaté, H. Demarcq, N. Michaud-regas, and L. Wald, Estimating Incident Solar Radiation at the Surface from Images of the Earth Transmitted by Geostationary Satellites: the Heliosat Project, International Journal of Solar Energy, vol.2, issue.5-6, pp.261-278, 1988.
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L. Diabaté, G. Moussu, and L. Wald, Description of an operational tool for determining global solar radiation at ground using geostationary satellite images, Solar Energy, vol.42, issue.3, pp.201-207, 1989.
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E. Raschke, A. Gratzki, and M. Rieland, Estimates of global radiation at the ground from the reduced data sets of the international satellite cloud climatology project, Journal of Climatology, vol.37, issue.1498, pp.205-213, 1987.
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G. Moussu, L. Diabaté, D. Obrecht, and L. Wald, A method for the mapping of the apparent ground brightness using visible images from geostationary satellites, International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol.27, issue.7, pp.1207-1225, 1989.
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C. Rigollier, M. Lefèvre, and L. Wald, The method Heliosat-2 for deriving shortwave solar radiation from satellite images, Solar Energy, vol.77, issue.2, pp.159-169, 2004.
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B. Espinar, L. Ramírez, J. Polo, L. F. Zarzalejo, and L. Wald, Analysis of the influences of uncertainties in input variables on the outcomes of the Heliosat-2 method, Solar Energy, vol.83, issue.9, pp.1731-1741, 2009.
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M. Lefèvre, L. Diabaté, and L. Wald, Using reduced data sets ISCCP-B2 from the Meteosat satellites to assess surface solar irradiance, Solar Energy, vol.81, issue.2, pp.240-253, 2007.
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Y. Govaerts, B. Pinty, M. Verstraete, and J. Schmetz, Exploitation of angular signatures to calibrate geostationary satellite solar channels, IGARSS '98. Sensing and Managing the Environment. 1998 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing. Symposium Proceedings. (Cat. No.98CH36174), pp.327-359, 1998.
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C. Rigollier, M. Lefèvre, P. Blanc, and L. Wald, The Operational Calibration of Images Taken in the Visible Channel of the Meteosat Series of Satellites, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, vol.19, issue.9, pp.1285-1293, 2002.
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M. Lefèvre, O. Bauer, A. Iehle, and L. Wald, An automatic method for the calibration of time-series of Meteosat images, International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol.21, issue.5, pp.1025-1045, 2000.
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S. Cros, Création d'une climatologie du rayonnement solaire incident en ondes courtes à l'aide d'images satellitales, p.157, 2004.

M. Wahab, M. El-metwally, R. Hassan, M. Lefèvre, A. Oumbe et al., Assessing surface solar irradiance in Northern Africa desert climate and its long-term variations from Meteosat images
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L. Wald, P. Blanc, M. Lefèvre, and B. Gschwind, The Performances of the Helioclim Databases in Mozambique, Proceedings of the ISES Solar World Congress 2011, pp.268-275, 2011.
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P. Blanc, B. Gschwind, M. Lefèvre, and L. Wald, Validating Meteosat-derived surface solar irradiance in Mozambique, Proc. 30th EARSeL Symp Thermal Remote Sensing, pp.561-5682011
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00660935

M. Lefèvre and L. Wald, Solar radiation in southern africa: Assessing the quality of the HelioClim-1 database Guide to meteorological instruments and methods of observation, 9th EMS Conf, 2008.

J. Remund, L. Wald, M. Lefèvre, T. Ranchin, and J. Page, Worldwide Linke turbidity information, Proc. ISES Solar World CongressCD-ROM), 2003.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00465791

M. L-e-f-È-v-r-e, L. Nard, F. Wald, C. Hoyer-klick, M. Schroedter-homscheidt et al., Early achievements towards an automatic assessment of the uncertainty in solar irradiation using web services, Proc. 25th EnviroInfo Conf. Environmental Informatics, pp.309-318, 2011.

C. Rigollier, O. Bauer, and L. Wald, On the clear sky model of the ESRA ??? European Solar Radiation Atlas ??? with respect to the heliosat method, Solar Energy, vol.68, issue.1, pp.33-48, 2000.
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M. Schroedter-homscheidt, C. Delamare, G. Heilscher, D. Heinemann, C. Hoyer et al., The ESA-ENVISOLAR project: Experience on the commercial use of earth observation based solar surface irradiance measurements for energy business purposes, Solar Energy Resource Management for Electricity Generation from Local Level to Global Scale,E.D.Dunlop,L
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B. Gschwind, L. Ménard, M. Albuisson, and L. Wald, Converting a successful research project into a sustainable service: The case of the SoDa Web service, Environmental Modelling & Software, vol.21, issue.11, pp.1555-1561, 2006.
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C. Gilles and . Grassin, Benefit of GEOSS interoperability in assessment of environmental impacts illustrated by the case of photovoltaic systems, IEEE J. Sel. Topics Appl. Earth Observ. Remote Sens. (JS- TARS), vol.5, pp.1722-1728, 2012.
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G. Percivall, L. Ménard, L. K. Chung, S. Nativi, and J. Pearlman, Geoprocessing in cyber-infrastruct u r e :M a k i n gt h eW e ba ne a s yt ou s e geospatial computational platform, 34th Int. Symp. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 2011.

L. Ménard, Energy scenario Available: http://www.ogcnetwork.net/pub, ER-FINAL.pdf (last access, pp.2013-2017, 2011.

M. Lefèvre, C. Rigollier, S. Cros, M. Albuisson, and L. Wald, A shortwave radiation database to support GODAE-related activities En route to GODAE, Proc. Int. Symp, pp.157-158, 2002.

M. J. Bell, M. Lefebvre, P. Y. Le-traon, N. Smith, and K. Wilmer-becker, GODAE: The Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment, Oceanography, vol.22, issue.3, pp.14-21, 2009.
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S. Muacho, J. D. Silva, and V. Brotas, Internal waves effect on nearsurface chlorophyll concentration remote sensing and modelling, Proc. 2nd MERIS/(A)ATSR User Workshop, p.666, 2008.

S. Cros, R. Chriqi, M. Albuisson, L. Wald, A. Saidi et al., Integration of Meteosat-derived data and digital terrain model into a GIS for local atlases of solar radiation, European Geophysical Union Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol.6, pp.4-06543, 2004.
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T. Huld, M. Suri, E. Dunlop, and L. Wald, Integration of HelioClim-1 database into PV-GIS to estimate solar electricity potential in Africa, Proc. 20th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conf, pp.2989-2992, 2005.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00091923

M. Suri, T. Huld, E. Dunlop, M. Albuisson, and L. Wald, Online data and tools for estimation of solar electricity in Africa: The PVGIS approach, Int. Conf. Renewable Energy for Developing Countries, 2006.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00465775

S. Szabó, K. Bódis, T. Huld, and M. Moner-girona, Energy solutions in rural Africa: mapping electrification costs of distributed solar and diesel generation versus grid extension, Environmental Research Letters, vol.6, issue.3, pp.34002-34012, 2011.
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A. Pettazzi and S. Salson, Merging remote sensing data with in-situ measurements of global solar radiation: The right path to estimate the solar resource in Galicia, Proc. Int. Conf. Renewable Energies and Power Quality, 2012.

O. Perpiñan, E. Lorenzo, and M. A. Castro, On the calculation of energy produced by a PV grid-connected system, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, pp.265-274, 2007.
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D. Mayer, L. Wald, Y. Poissant, and S. Pelland, Performance prediction of grid-connected photovoltaic systems using remote sensing, Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (IEA-PVPS Task 2), pp.2-07, 2008.
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00466825

J. Dekker, M. Nthontho, S. Chowdhury, and S. P. Chowdhury, Investigating the effects of solar modelling using different solar irradiation data sets and sources within South Africa, Solar Energy, vol.86, issue.9, pp.2354-2365, 2012.
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J. Kenfack, F. P. Neirac, T. T. Tatietse, D. Mayer, M. Fogue et al., Microhydro-PV-hybrid system: Sizing a small hydro-PV-hybrid system for rural electrification in developing countries, Renewable Energy, vol.34, issue.10, pp.2259-2263, 2009.
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A. Bilton, L. Kelley, and F. Mazzini, Design Optimization of Sustainable Off-Grid Power Systems for the Developing World, ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Parts A, B, and C, pp.2011-54, 2011.
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M. Suri, T. Huld, E. Dunlop, M. Albuisson, M. Lefèvre et al., Uncertainties in solar electricity yield prediction from fluctuation of solar radiation, 22nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conf, 2007.
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T. Aboumahboub, K. Schaber, P. Tzscheutschler, and T. Hamacher, Optimal configuration of a renewable-based electricity supply sector, WSEAS Trans. Power Systems, vol.5, pp.120-129, 2010.

J. Leloux, L. Narvarte, and D. Trebosc, Review of the performance of residential PV systems in Belgium, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol.16, issue.1, pp.178-184, 2012.
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N. Rotar and V. Badescu, Considerations on the Implementation of the Passive House Concept in South-Eastern Europe (Romania), International Journal of Green Energy, vol.8, issue.7, pp.780-794, 2011.
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I. Blanc, D. Beloin-saint-pierre, J. Payet, P. Jacquin, N. Adra et al., Espace-PV: Key sensitive parameters for environmental impacts of grid-connected PV systems with LCA, Proc. 23rd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conf, pp.3779-3781, 2008.
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O. Perpiñan, E. Lorenzo, and M. A. Castro, Energy payback time of grid connected PV systems: Comparison between tracking and fixed systems, Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, pp.137-147, 2009.
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R. Colombo, L. Busetto, M. Migliavacca, M. Meroni, C. Della-torre et al., Modelling carbon cycle of agro-forest ecosystems in Lombardy (Italy), Forest@ - Rivista di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale, vol.6, issue.1, pp.277-288, 2009.
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B. Bois, P. Pieri, C. Van-leeuwen, L. Wald, F. Huard et al., Using remotely sensed solar radiation data for reference evapotranspiration estimation at a daily time step, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, vol.148, issue.4, pp.619-630, 2008.
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B. Bois, L. Wald, P. Pieri, C. Van-leeuwen, L. Commagnac et al., Estimating spatial and temporal variations in solar radiation within Bordeaux winegrowing region using remotely sensed data, OENO One, vol.42, issue.1, pp.15-25, 2008.
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R. Wagner, J. Marxsen, P. Zwick, and E. J. Cox, Central European Stream Ecosystems: The Long Term Study of the Breitenbach, 2012.
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T. Mavromatis, Estimation of solar radiation and its application to crop simulation models in Greece, Climate Research, vol.36, pp.219-230, 2008.
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M. Boniol, M. S. Cattaruzza, L. Wald, M. A. Richard, M. T. Leccia et al., Individual sun exposure can be assessed using meteorological satellite measurements, Proc. 6th World Congress on Melanoma, p.113, 2005.
DOI : 10.1097/00001648-200611001-00632
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L. Wald, A. Arola, C. Brogniez, and J. M. Villaplana, A preliminary assessment of the quality of UV data derived from the database He- lioClim-3, 10th EMS Annual Meeting, 2010.

P. Boyle, M. Boniol, J. Doré, M. Chignol, and L. Wald, UV-France. Measurement of Individual and Population Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation Based on Data from Meteorological Satellites, Epidemiology?Int. Conf. Epidemiology and Exposure, 2006.
DOI : 10.1097/00001648-200611001-00803
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U. , E. , and P. Gravila, UV solar irradiance from broadband radiation and other meteorological data, Atmos. Res, vol.96, pp.141-148, 2010.

M. Tressol, C. Ordonez, R. Zbinden, J. Brioude, V. Thouret et al., Air pollution during the 2003 European heat wave as seen by MOZAIC airliners, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol.8, issue.8, pp.2133-2150, 2008.
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I. Marie-joseph, L. Linguet, and M. Gobinddass, On the applicability of the Heliosat-2 method to assess surface solar irradiance in the Intertropical Convergence Zone, French Guiana, International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol.2012, issue.8, pp.3012-3027, 1080.
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