Normalized Insolation Clearness Index

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Normalized Insolation Clearness Index

by francoistardy » Thu Oct 27, 2022 11:55 pm America/New_York

Hello,
Could there be an error in your Normalized Insolation Clearness Index equation at this site:

https://power.larc.nasa.gov/docs/methodology/energy-fluxes/derived-parameters/

I use it with KT from your site, using your own solar azimuth angle, and consistently get values that are greater than 1.

Best regards,
François Tardy, Montreal

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Re: Normalized Insolation Clearness Index

by ASDC - bmacpher » Fri Nov 04, 2022 11:52 am America/New_York

Thank you for reporting this potential issue with the Normalized Insolation Clearness Index we are currently assessing the data.

Thank you,

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Re: Normalized Insolation Clearness Index

by ASDC - bmacpher » Tue Nov 08, 2022 3:10 pm America/New_York

Can you please provide a location of where you observe this issue in the POWER data?

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Re: Normalized Insolation Clearness Index

by ASDC - bmacpher » Tue Nov 08, 2022 3:30 pm America/New_York

We currently do not have the Normalized Insolation Clearness Index implemented in the POWER API but we plan to do so in the future. The equation you found on the POWER website was previously used. The previous equation used an approximation for airmass. In the future, when we reimplement the NKT equation we will be using Perez et al., 1990 (equation 1) that uses an updated expression for airmass.
Perez, R., Ineichen, P., Seals, R., and Zelenka A., 1990. Making full use of the clearness index for parameterizing hourly insolation conditions. Solar Energy, 45(2): 111-114.

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