Central Ohio Solar Climatology Research Program
Department of Geography / Atmospheric Science Program
Continuous broadband downward solar irradiance measurements
were initiated 9 June 2006 on an Ohio State University building rooftop
to quantify Central Ohio's solar energy potential and to study
cloud-radiation interactions.
New: Click
here to access the data and documentation.
Above: the past 24 hours of 1-minute downward shortwave observations from the Buckeye Weather Station
Above: the past 24 hours of 1-minute downward infrared observations from the Buckeye Weather Station
Above: the past week of 1-minute downward shortwave observations from the Buckeye Weather Station
Above: the past week of 1-minute downward infrared observations from the Buckeye Weather Station
Download the Data
Publications
- Using data collected from an older shortwave sensor, we published MEASUREMENTS OF CENTRAL OHIO SHORTWAVE CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECT: ASSESSMENT OF SOLAR POWER POTENTIAL at Solar 2007, the national conference of the American Solar Energy Society.
What's New
In partnership with
Buckeye Power
Inc., we obtained and installed these radiometers...
Kipp CMP11 shortwave phranometer (left) and CG4 longwave pyrgeometer (right) in use 19 Nov, 2007 - present.
Another
view of these sensors
A
view of the measurement site and sensors
Original Solar Irradiance Sensor
Sky Condition Forecasts
- graphical sky coverage forecast from the US National Weather Service
- The Clear
Sky Clock from
the Canadian Meteorological Center.
Training
Page Last Edited: Jan. 15, 2008