Articles and papers

Some of the papers and articles that we have written are now available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) from this Web page. We plan to post additional papers, which tend to be technical in nature, as they're submitted for publication. In the case of reviewed papers, we'll update our file links to point to final versions. Here is a list of all publications currently available through the Solar Radiation Monitoring Laboratory. If you would like to obtain any of them, please contact us.

PV papers

• Evaluation of a Prototype Solar Awning, Proc. Solar 2010, American Solar Energy Society, Phoenix, AZ, (2010) [abstract]
• Measuring Degradation of Photovoltaic Module Performance in the Field, Proc. Solar 2009, American Solar Energy Society, Buffalo, NY, (2009) [abstract]
• Performance of PV Inverters, Proc. of the 37th ASES Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, (2008) [abstract]
• Shading on PV Systems: Estimating the Effect, Proc. of the 36th ASES Annual Conference, Cleveland, OH, (2007) [abstract]
• AEC Photovoltaic Test Facility: First Year Test Data, Proc. of the 35th ASES Annual Conference, Denver, CO, (2006) [abstract]
• Using Sun Path Charts to Estimate the Effect of Shading on PV Arrays, Proc. Solar 2004, American Solar Energy Society Conf., Portland, OR. (2004) [abstract]
• Solar Cell Arrays: Degradation Due to Dirt, Proc. Solar 1989, Proceedings of the American Section of the International Solar Energy Society, Denver, CO. (1989) [abstract]

Solar Resource Assessment Papers

• Building a Bankable Solar Radiation Dataset, Proc. Solar 2011, American Solar Energy Society, Raleigh, NC, (2011) [abstract]
• Characterizing the Performance of an Eppley Normal Incident Pyrheliometer, Proc. Solar 2011, American Solar Energy Society, Raleigh, NC, (2011) [abstract]
• Evaluating Calibrations of Normal Incident Pyrheliometers, Proc. SPIE Conference, San Diego, CA, (2010) [abstract]
• Testing a Model of IR Radiative Losses, Proc. SPIE Conference, San Diego, CA, (2009) [abstract]
• Modeling of Solar Irradiance Using Satellite Images and Direct Terrestrial Measurements with PV Modules, Proc. SPIE Conference, San Diego, CA (2009) [abstract]
• Establishing a Consistent Calibration Record for Eppley PSPs, Proc. of the 37th ASES Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, (2008) [abstract]
• Modeling IR Radiative Loss from Eppley PSP Pyranometers, Proc. SPIE Conference, San Diego, CA, (2008) [abstract]
• Evaluation of Methods to Correct for IR Loss in Eppley PSP Diffuse Measurements, Proc. SPIE Conference, San Diego, CA, (2007) [abstract]
• Analysis of Satellite Derived Beam and Global Solar Radiation Data, Solar Energy 81, 768-772 (2007) [abstract]
• Removing Systematic Errors from Rotating Shadowband Pyranometer Data, Proc. of the 35th ASES Annual Conference, Denver, CO (2006) [abstract]
• Trends In Direct Normal Solar Irradiance in Oregon from 1979-2003, Proc. Solar World Congress, International Solar Energy Society, 2005 [abstract]
• Beam-Tilted Correlations, Proc. Solar 2003, American Solar Energy Society Conf., Austin, TX. (2003) [abstract]
• China's Dust Affects Solar Resource in the USA: A Case Study, Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Conference American Solar Energy Society, pp 383-389 (2000) [abstract]
• Solar Resource GIS Data Base for the Pacific Northwest using Satellite Data: Final Report, (2004) [abstract]
• Solar Cell Based Pyranometers: Evaluation of the Diffuse Response [abstract]
• Variability of Solar Radiation Data over Short Time Intervals, Proc. Solar 2001, American Solar Energy Society Conf., Washington, D.C. (2001) [abstract]
• Responsivity of an Eppley NIP as a Function of Time and Temperature, Proceedings of the 1998 Annual Conference American Solar Energy Society, 517-522, 14 Jun 1998 [abstract]
• Atmospheric Turbidity Determination from Irradiance Ratios, Proceedings of the 1997 Annual Conference of the American Solar Energy Society, Washington, D.C., pp. 275-280, April, 1997. [abstract]

Education programs

• Energizing the Next Generation with Photovoltaics, Proc. Solar 2010, American Solar Energy Society, Phoenix, AZ, (2010) [abstract]
• Combined Solar PV and Earth Space Monitoring Technology for Educational and Research Purposes, Proc. of the 37th ASES Annual Conference, San Diego, CA (2008) [abstract]
• Discussion of PV Lab Equipment and Photovoltaic Systems for Teaching the Science of Photovoltaics, Proc. of the 36th ASES Annual Conference, Cleveland, OH, (2007) [abstract]
• How BPA/WSUN School PV Effort Worked at Elmira High School, Proc. Solar 2002, American Solar Energy Society Conf., Reno, NV. (2002) [abstract]