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|
Frank Vignola
| Director, |
University of
Oregon |
| |
Solar Radiation Monitoring
Laboratory |
UO faculty: member since 1977
Rank: Senior Research Associate
Degrees
| B.A., |
University of California, Berkeley,
Physics, 1967. |
| M.S., |
University of Oregon,
Physics, 1969. |
| Ph.D., |
University of Oregon,
Physics, 1975. |
Positions
| Senior Research
Associate |
|
Physics Department,
University of Oregon
1984-present.
|
| Visiting Assistant
Professor |
|
Physics Department,
University of Oregon,
1986, 1987, 1988.
|
| Research
Associate |
|
Physics Department,
University of Oregon,
1977-1984.
|
Memberships
International Solar Energy Society
Fellow, American Solar Energy Society
Professional activities
| • |
Reviewer for Solar Energy,
1982-1990, 1994-present. Associate Editor for resource assessment for
Solar Energy's special ISES conference Harrare Edition,
1995-1996. |
| • |
Board member of the Resource Assessment
Division of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) 1986-1989, 1992-1993, 1995-1996.
Vice-Chair in 1988, 2002 and Chair in 1989, 2003. |
| • |
Founder and Editor of Solar Spectrum,
newsletter for the Resource Assessment Division of ASES 1988-present. Editor of
Solar Rising, newsletter for the Oregon Solar Energy Industries
Association. |
| • |
Board member of the American Solar Energy
Society, 1989-1991, 2002. Chair of the Issues and Technical Assessment Committee of
ASES, 1989-1996. Member of the Technical Review Committee for ASES's annual
conference in 1990, 1993, and 1995. Technical Review Committee Chair for
SOLAR '94 and SOLAR 2004. Member of National, State, and Local Policy Committee of ASES,
1996-present. Board member of the Solar Energy Industries Association
2000. |
| • |
Recipient of the 1996 ASES special
recognition award for outstanding volunteer service. |
| • |
Organized and led the 1997 Pacific
Northwest Radiometer Workshop in Eugene, Oregon and the 2002 Use of Solar Radiation Data
Workshop in Eugene, Oregon. |
Research goals
| • |
Create a sound solar resource
assessment data base in the Pacific Northwest to facilitate the deployment
of solar electric technologies. |
| • |
Develop tools to facilitate the
use of solar radiation data. |
| • |
Offer workshops and educational
material on the use of the solar radiation data base. |
| • |
Provide consulting on the
development and deployment of solar energy technologies. |
Selected publications
| 1. |
Solar Resource GIS Data Base for the Pacific
Northwest using Satellite Data, Final Report, 2004, DOE DE-PS36-0036-00GO10499.(2004)
(with Richard Perez) |
| 2. |
Status of High Resolution Solar Irradiance
Mapping From Satellite Data, Proc. Solar 2004, American Solar Energy Society
Conf., Portland, OR. (2004) (with R. Perez, M. Kmiecik, K. Moore, S. Wilcox, R.
George, D. Renné, P. Ineichen) |
| 3. |
Update of Algorithm to Correct Direct Normal
Irradiance Measurements Made with a Rotating Shadow Band Pyranometer, Proc. Solar
2004, American Solar Energy Society Conf., Portland, OR. (2004) (with J. Augustyn,
T. Geer, T. Stoffel, R. Kessler, E. Kern, R. Little, B. Boyson) |
| 4. |
Using Sun Path Charts to Estimate the Effect of
Shading on PV Arrays, Proc. Solar 2004, American Solar Energy Society Conf.,
Portland, OR. (2004) |
| 5. |
A Lesson in Green, Solar Today,
March/April 2004, (with G. Z. Brown, L. R. Kahle, & E. J. Wright) |
| 6. |
Beam – Tilted Correlations, Proc. Solar 2003,
American Solar Energy Society Conf., Austin, TX. (2003) |
| 7. |
A New Operational Satellite-to-Irradiance Model,
Solar Energy 73, 5, pp. 307-317. (2002) (with Perez R., P. Ineichen, K. Moore, M.
Kmiecik, C. Chain, R. George) |
| 8. |
How BPA/WSun School PV Effort Worked at Elmira
High School, Proc. Solar 2002, American Solar Energy Society Conf., Reno, NV.
(2002) (with J. Savage) |
| 9. |
A New Operational Satellite-to-Irradiance Model
Description and Validation, Proc. Solar 2002, American Solar Energy Society
Conf., Reno, NV. (2002) (with Perez R., P. Ineichen, K. Moore, M. Kmiecik, C.
Chain, R. George) |
| 10. |
Improving the Accuracy of Low Cost Measurement
of Direct Normal Solar Irradiance, Proc. Solar 2002, American Solar Energy Society
Conf., Reno, NV. (2002) (with J. Augustyn, T. Geer, T. Stoffel, R. Kessler, E.
Kern, R. Little) |
| 11. |
(2001): Solar Resource Assessment – A Review.
Solar Energy-The State of the Art, Chapter 10 (pp. 497-575) James & James, London (2001)
(with Perez, R., R. Aguiar, M. Collares-Pereira, D. Dumortier, V. Estrada-Cajigal, C.
Gueymard, P. Ineichen, P. Littlefair, H. Lund, J. Michalsky, J. A. Olseth, D. Renné, M.
Rymes, A. Skartveit, A. Zelenka) |
| 12. |
Variability of Solar Radiation over Short Time
Intervals, Proc. Solar 2001, American Solar Energy Society Conf., Washington,
D.C. (2001) |
| 13. |
China's Dust Affects Solar Resource
in U.S.: A Case Study, Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Conference
American Solar Energy Society, pp 383-389 (2000) (with
Christian. A. Gueymard, Nels. S. Laulainen, and Joseph. K. Vaughan) |
| 14. |
Solar Cell Based Pyranometers:
Evaluation of Diffuse Responsivity, Proceedings of the 1999 Annual
Conference American Solar Energy Society, 260, June 1999. |
| 15. |
Determination of atmospheric
turbidity from the diffuse-beam broadband irradiance ratio, Solar
Energy 63, 135-146 (1998). (with Christian. A. Gueymard) |
| 15. |
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
(with Ibrahim Reda) |
| 17. |
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. (with Christian. A. Gueymard.) |
| 18. |
Testing of the METSTAT Model,
Proceedings of the 1997 Annual Conference of the American Solar Energy
Society, Washington, D.C., pp. 287-292, April 1997. |
| 19. |
Value of Long-term Solar Radiation
Data, Proceedings of the American Section of the International Solar Energy
Society, Washington, D. C., April 1993. (with D. K. McDaniels.) |
| 20. |
Economics of Solar Energy
Technologies, White Paper published by the American Solar Energy Society,
December 1992. (Co-edited with R. Larson and R. West.) |
| 21. |
Direct Normal Beam Frequency
Distribution, Proceeding of the Eleventh Biennial Congress of the
International Solar Energy Society, Denver, Colorado, August 1991.
(with D. K. McDaniels.) |
| 22. |
Direct Radiation: Ratio Between
Horizontal and Tilted Surfaces, Solar Energy 43, 183, (1989).
(with D. K. McDaniels.) |
| 23. |
Solar Cell Arrays: Degradation Due to
Dirt, Proceedings of the American Section of the International Solar
Energy Society, p. 234, Denver, Colorado, June 1989. (with C. P. Ryan
and D. K. McDaniels.) |
| 24. |
Direct Beam Radiation: Projection on
Tilted Surfaces, Solar Energy 40, 237 (1988). (with D. K.
McDaniels.) |
| 25. |
Direct Radiation: Ratio Between Horizontal
and Tilted Surfaces, Proceedings of the American Section of the International
Solar Energy Society, p. 3, Boston, Massachusetts, June 1988. (with D. K.
McDaniels.) |
| 26. |
Diffuse Radiation: Calculation from
Hourly Global and Normal Beam Radiation, Proceedings of the American Section
of the International Solar Energy Society, p. 394, Portland, Oregon,
June 1987. (with D. K. McDaniels.) |
| 27. |
Beam-Global Correlations in the Pacific
Northwest, Solar Energy 36, 409 (1986). (with D. K. McDaniels.) |
| 28. |
Effects of El Chichón on Global
Correlations, Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial Congress of the International
Solar Energy Society, Montreal, Canada, p. 2434, June 1985.
(with D. K. McDaniels.) |
| 29. |
Transformation of Direct Solar Radiation
to Tilted Surfaces, Proceedings of the American Section of the International
Solar Energy Society, Anaheim, California, p. 651, June 1984.
(with D. K. McDaniels.) |
| 30. |
Impact of Volcanic Material from
El Chichón on Direct Radiation in the Pacific Northwest, Proceedings of
the American Section of the International Solar Energy Society,
Anaheim, California, p. 627, June 1984. (with D. K. McDaniels.) |
| 31. |
Diffuse-Global Correlations: Seasonal
Variations, Solar Energy, 33, 397 (1984). (with D. K.
McDaniels.) |
| 32. |
Correlations Between Diffuse and Global
Insolation for the Pacific Northwest, Solar Energy, 32, 161 (1984).
(with D. K. McDaniels.) |
| 33. |
Solar Resources and Direct Applications,
Published in the Lake County Renewable Energy Plan, 1984.
(with D. K. McDaniels.) |
| 34. |
Solar Resources, published in the
Harney County Renewable Energy Plan, pp. 173-239, January 1983.
(with D. K. McDaniels.) |
| 35. |
Pacific Northwest Solar Radiation Data,
published by the UO Solar Monitoring Laboratory, 1980-1998.
(with D. K. McDaniels.) |
| 36. |
Solar Electricity, published in the
Oregon Solar Planning Study, pp. 114-116 (1978). (with D. K.
McDaniels and H. D. Kaehn.) |
| 37. |
Experimental Evaluation of the
Reflector-Collector System, Proceedings of the American Section of the
International Solar Energy Society, Vol. 1, 654 (1978). (with
H.D. Kaehn, M. Geyer, D. Fong, and D. K. McDaniels.) |
| 38. |
Diffuse Radiation Contribution
to the Useful Heat Output of a Reflector-Collector System,
Proceedings of the American Section of the International Solar Energy Society,
Vol. 1, 198 (1978). (with D. K. McDaniels, H.D. Kaehn, and
M.S. Baker.) |
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