Sayyad Asghari Saraskanroud; Imanali Belvasi
Abstract
Introduction
The sun is known as the source of energy, the origin of life, and the origin of all other energies. The global solar radiation is one of the fundamental structures of any climatic range. Hence, recognition of the features and the prediction of these basic structures have a great impact ...
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Introduction
The sun is known as the source of energy, the origin of life, and the origin of all other energies. The global solar radiation is one of the fundamental structures of any climatic range. Hence, recognition of the features and the prediction of these basic structures have a great impact on energy-related planning. One way to gainaccess to the solar energy information is the direct measurements of solar energy by measuring devices such as Pyranometer and Pyrheliometer Unfortunately, the measurement of the solar radiation is not always carried out in many parts due to the high cost, maintenance and the need for the equipment calibration. Remote sensing techniques can be an appropriate alternative to the experimental and old methods in this field due to the high accuracy and speed in predicting the net radiation values. In general, remote sensing models have a better performance in estimating solar radiation, and can be used as one of the suitable and low cost tools for estimating solar radiation. Considering the importance of solar radiation as a clean, availableand free of any environmental destructive pollutants, identifying the radiation areas to be introduced to the relevant authorities is essential and the aim of the research. In this research, it was attempted to study the feasibility of utilizing solar energy in the region of Alashtar County using the SEBALalgorithm and remote sensing technology.
Materials and Methods
To investigate and study the feasibility of using solar radiation energy, the Landsat-8 satellite images over a 12-month period of the year 2017, 1: 50,000 digital topographic maps of the Armed Forces Geographic Organization and the climatic data of the study area including temperature, precipitation, wind speed and the number of sunny days were used. The ENVI software was used to perform the calculations related to SEBALmodel and the ArcGIS software was used to implement the model. In this study, the feasibility of using solar energy in Salsala city was studied using SEBALalgorithm and remote sensing technology. In this method, the instantaneous values of pure radiation are obtained by measuring the sun’s incident radiation from the cloudless images and using surface albedo, surface emission and surface temperature. In this method, instantaneous values of pure radiation are obtained by measuring the sun’s incident radiation from cloudless images using surface albedo, surface emission and surface temperature. After calculating the parameters of the SEBAL algorithm, the net surface radiation flux was calculated.
Discussion and Results
The results showed that the average maximum short-wave radiation was 996 watts per square meter in June and the minimum was 460 watts per square meter in January, while the highest amount of net radiation in September was calculated to be 602 watts per square meter and the lowest amount in January was calculated to be 261 watts per square meter. Also, the highest percentages of net radiation distribution in the ranges of 0-200, 200-400, 400-600, 600-800 and 800-1000 watts per square meter were in August, November, April, September and June. The highest percentage of net radiation distribution was in the range of 600-800 watts per square meter with 69.86% of total net radiation in September and the lowest percentage was in the range of 800-800 watts per square meter in January.
Conclusion
In order to carry out the research, the Landsat 8 ETM satellite images for the 12 month period of the year 2017 were provided. But, since the images of February, March and December were completely cloudy, they were not used. Then the preprocessing operation in ENVI software was used on all bands of images. The amount of pure radiation in the study area was calculated in watts per square meter in January to November in ENVI software environment and by the utilization of SEBAL algorithm, using the prepared images (Table 2). The results of Table (2) show that the average maximum input shortwave radiation is 996 watts per square meter in June, the lowest amount input is 460 watts per square meter in January, the highest output long wave radiation is 539 watts per square meter in July and the lowest output is 391 watts per square meter in January. Finally, the highest amount of net radiation reaching the surface of the Earth was 602 watts per square meter in September and the lowest amount was 261 watts per square meter in January. The highest percentage of net radiation in the range of 600-800 watts per square meter was 69.86% in September 2017 and the highest percentage of net radiation in the range of 600-400 watts per square meter was 60.12% in January 2017.
The difference in the amount of net radiation reaching the ground in the study area is due to the difference in the angle of the sunlight and the number of sunny hours in different months of the year.
The results obtained from of the information in Tables 2 to 11 prove this fact. Also, given the sensitivity of the photovoltaic cells that are sensitive to the solar radiation from the radiation threshold of up to 1000 watts per square meter and receive them, it can be concluded that solar radiation in the city of Alshtar has the potential to implement the solar photovoltaic plans in 9 months of January to November.
Saeideh Zamani; Majid Rahimzadegan
Abstract
Extended Abstract Introduction Evaporation from the lakes behind the dams and freshwater lakes is one of the most important parameters in water resource losses. Therefore, zoning evaporation is very important in water resources management. There are various methods for measuring and estimating evapotranspiration ...
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Extended Abstract Introduction Evaporation from the lakes behind the dams and freshwater lakes is one of the most important parameters in water resource losses. Therefore, zoning evaporation is very important in water resources management. There are various methods for measuring and estimating evapotranspiration (ET) that are used according to their accuracy and cost. These models include using evaporation pan and using meteorological models such as Bowen ratio and eddy correlation methods. Nowadays, modern methods such as utilizing satellite remote sensing images are developed to estimate evapotranspiration in different regions. Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) is one of these algorithms which is highly regarded. SEBAL estimates ET as a residual in energy flux in the surface of land. This is done by calculating the difference in the soil heat flux and the sensible heat flux from the net radiation. Material and Methods Initially, SEBAL was extensively used for mapping evapotranspiration in lands and vegetation cover such as crop field, but it was rarely used to estimate evaporation from water bodies, especially freshwater bodies. The aim of this study was to use SEBAL algorithm to map evaporation from freshwater of dam lakes. In this regard, three Landsat Thematic Mapper images (TM) acquired in May 29th, July 9th, and August 1st, 2011 were provided from Amir Kabir (Karaj) dam and the downstream agricultural lands. The selected area is located between two provinces of Tehran and Karaj. Amir Kabir dam supplies a part of drinking and agriculture water for these two provinces. To implement SEBAL method, radiometric and geometric corrections were performed and image bands were converted to radiance and reflectance values according to their wavelengths. In order to prepare required parameters of SEBAL, meteorological data measured by Karaj meteorological station at the selected dates were provided. These data included elevation of meteorological station, daily solar radiation, dew point temperature, wind speed, and air temperature. Furthermore, the evaporation values recorded by Tehran Regional Water Authority located at the southwestern part of the dam using evaporation pan were used as ground truth data which measurements and were performed in related dates. All of the implementations of this research were accomplished using the ENVI 5.1, Excel 2007, Ref ET, and MATLAB R2012a software. The instantaneous ET at the time of satellite overpass was calculated calculate using SEBAL method and in order to calculate the daily ET, the calculation of the reference ET was necessary. To compute reference ET in this research, Ref ET software developed in Idaho University was utilized. One of the required data in the Ref ET software is hourly solar radiation. Because of the lack of hourly solar radiation data in the selected meteorological stations, angstrom method was used. Then, the ratio of instantaneous ET to reference ET was used to calculate the 24 hour ET. Results and Discussion In each stage of SEBAL method, its components, such as Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and Land Surface Temperature (LST) were checked to prevent the undesired errors. After performing implementations, the results showed that the absolute difference values of evaporation acquired from SEBAL method and ground truth data were 0.2, 0.2, and 0.3, in selected days, respectively, which leads to the Root Mean Square Value (RMSE) of 0.27 mm that is an acceptable value. Moreover, the total evaporation values from the entire dam surface for selected days were 8.037, 10.634, and 5.435 meters per day, respectively, which were significant values. The acquired map of evaporation from dam lake surface illustrated that the value of evaporation was increasing from coastal areas to deep regions. This was proved in the same researches. The values changed from 0.5 mm in the shoreline to 3.5 mm in deep water. One of the uncertainty sources of this research was the use of daily solar radiation due to the lack of meteorological data and computing hourly values by using Angstrom method. Another uncertainty source is utilizing empirical relations such as relation of estimating atmospheric transmissivity, and narrow band emissivity and broad band emissivity which is better to calibrate before use. Another shortage of SEBAL method which can lead to uncertainty is empirical process of selecting cold and hot pixels which are used to estimate air temperature and soil temperature, respectively. Conclusion Despite the mentioned shortages of SEBAL method, the results showed the applicability of SEBAL method to mapping and estimating evaporation from freshwater lakes and dam lakes as an accurate and inexpensive method. Furthermore, the evaporation from freshwater lake surface was calculated using SEBAL model which were significant values in selected days and proved the requirement for protective operations.
