Solar Radiation Activities

Heliosat software packages is freely available.

A list of the major publications made by the team. Abstracts are available for many of them.

The Heliosat method converts images acquired by meteorological geostationary satellites, such as Meteosat (Europe), GOES (USA) or GMS (Japan), into maps of solar radiation received at ground level.

Made on behalf of the European Commission, DG XII, JOULE II Programme

A new solar radiation atlas for Europe up to the Ural mountains and including neighbouring mediterranean territories is being produced by a European group of experts. The atlas is oriented towards the needs of the users like solar architects and engineers, respecting the state of the art of their working field and their need of precise input data.