SOLRMAP Kalaeloa Oahu (RSR) |
Latitude: 21.31347o North Longitude: 158.08257o West Elevation: 11 AMSL Time Zone: HST |
Data sets currently available on Kalaeloa Oahu web site
- Daily plots and raw data files, are available from March 16, 2010 to November 01, 2011.
- Solar Calendars, are available from March 2010 to November 2011.
- Wind roses (monthly, seasonal, & yearly) are available from March 2010 to November 2011.
- Instrument history and meta data.
For a PV variability study, a 3-second data set from this instrument is available and is part of the Oahu Grid (1-Yr Archive)
A rotating shadowband radiometer (RSR) offers a lower cost option of measuring solar radiation resources for renewable energy applications. The RSR uses a silicon-based photodiode pyranometer to measure the global and diffuse solar irradiance. The control and data acquisition system then computes the corresponding direct normal solar irradiance based on the geographic location of the RSR and the time of the data collection events.
By design, the RSRs offer the potential advantages of lower maintenance and calibration costs because they use a single pyranometer with a diffuser for determining the direct, diffuse, and global solar irradiance rather than up to three radiometers with larger optical surfaces, more complex support equipment, or more maintenance-intensive support equipment. Their potential disadvantage is the higher estimated measurement uncertainty because of factors such as the restricted spectral response of the silicon-based detector used in the RSR. Postprocessing software to account for the limited spectral response of the silicon detector has been developed and applied the RSR data. This solar-powered system is simple to operate and provides basic resource information.
For more information about the RSR visit Irradiance, Inc.Wilcox, S.; Andreas, A. (2010). Solar Resource & Meteorological Assessment Project (SOLRMAP): Rotating
Shadowband Radiometer (RSR); Kalaeloa Oahu, Hawaii (Data); NREL Report No. DA-5500-56497.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1052228