ESTIMATION OF SOLAR ENERGY POTENTIAL OVER MONGOLIA BASED ON SATELLITE DATA

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In this study, we propose to map solar irradiance of Mongolia using fine resolution satellite data and limited ground measurements. We have implemented a semi-physical model to calculate ground albedo from brightness data provided by Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite Himawari 8 which is the successor of the previous MTSAT series. After retrieving ground albedo, solar irradiance falling on the earth’s surface can be estimated. It is found that the model performed well with mean bias error (MBE) and root mean square error (RMSE) of 64.09W/m2 and 134.73W/m2, respectively and a correlation coefficient of 0.93.