Solar Webapps
Topographic shading effects on solar power production webapp. Topographic horizon angles are available for most of California.
Modeled 1-sec PV power output data webapp. 15 minute averaged data for 100 California Solar Initiative PV Sites were downscaled to 1 second data.
Solar energy calculator webapp .
Web resources
Solar variability model for PV power plants. Contact jkleissl@ucsd.edu to apply this model to your power plant to evaluate ramp rates, energy storage, and forecasting needs.
Professor Jan Kleissl’s resource page
UCSD DEMROES Weather Monitoring Stations
UCSD operational forecast images
Special projects
UCSD NWP-Based Solar Forecasting
2010 National Science Foundation: Coupling Between Skin Temperature and Evapotranspiration
2010 California Solar Energy Collaborative: Release of more accurate solar resource data for California
Group resources
Group Presentation Sign-up Sheet
Grid Integration Presentation Sign-up Sheet
Panther Job Queue Sign-up Sheet