Solar Energy Forecasting and Resource Assessment

Chapter 9

Sky-Imaging Systems for Short-Term Forecasting

Bryan Urquhart, Mohamed Ghonima, Dung (Andu) Nguyen, Ben Kurtz, Chi Wai Chow and Jan Kleissl,    Center for Renewable Resources and Integration, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego

Chapter Outline

9.1. Challenges in Short-Term Solar Forecasting

9.2. Applications

9.2.1. Utility-scale Solar-Power Facilities

9.2.2. Distributed PV on Urban Feeders

9.2.3. PV-Tied Energy Storage

9.3. Sky-Imaging Hardware

9.3.1. Components of Ground Image-Based Forecasting

9.3.2. Historical Review of Digital Sky Photography for Atmospheric Research

9.3.3. Optical- and Imaging-System Design of the UCSD Sky Imager

9.3.4. High-Dynamic-Range Imaging

9.4. Sky-Imagery ...