Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1985-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1985-2019
Research article
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14 Feb 2019
Research article |  | 14 Feb 2019

Evaluating solar radiation forecast uncertainty

Minttu Tuononen, Ewan J. O'Connor, and Victoria A. Sinclair

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Many applications require accurate forecasts of the amount of solar radiation reaching the surface, such as solar energy and UV radiation forecasts. This also means that cloud must be correctly forecast. We investigated the skill of these forecasts over Helsinki, Finland, using cloud and solar radiation observations. We found that there were errors in the model radiation forecast even when the clouds were correctly forecast, which we attribute to incorrect representation of the cloud properties.
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