Fabel, Yann; Blum, Niklas; Nouri, Bijan; Wilbert, Stefan; Gonzalez Rodriguez, Sergio; Zarzalejo, Luis (2025): SolarVision Almería: All-Sky Images [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.980066, In: Fabel, Y et al. (2025): SolarVision Almería: A Ground-Based Dataset of All-Sky Images, Solar Irradiance, and Meteorological Measurements [dataset bundled publication]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.980067
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Published: 2025-04-14 • DOI registered: 2025-05-13
Abstract:
This dataset provides ground-based image and sensor measurement data from a scientific research site in southern Spain (Tabernas, Almería). Its main contributions include all-sky images in the visible spectrum from three different fish-eye cameras capturing clouds motions, as well as diffuse, direct and global solar irradiance measurements from ISO 9060 class A spectrally flat pyrano- and pyrheliometers. The cameras and irradiance measuring devices are co-located within a radius of 20m at the same meteorological station. Image data is provided in its original resolution ranging from 4 to 8 MP depending on the camera, in 8-bit JPEG format. The dataset contains low-dynamic-range (LDR) images with fixed exposure times between 80 and 320µs. Furthermore, two cameras were temporarily configured to automatically generate high-dynamic-range (HDR) images. For one of the cameras, exposure series were captured, consisting of three sequential images with increasing exposure times.
Further details:
Funding:
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV), grant/award no. 67KI21007A: AuSeSol-AI - KI-Methoden für Wärme- und Stromerzeugung mit solarthermischen Kollektorsystemen
Coverage:
Latitude: 37.094212 * Longitude: -2.354713
Date/Time Start: 2022-08-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-07-31T00:00:00
Minimum Elevation: 503.0 m * Maximum Elevation: 503.0 m
Event(s):
PVOT_AXIS * Latitude: 37.094212 * Longitude: -2.354713 * Date/Time Start: 2022-09-10T10:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2023-12-06T13:00:00 * Elevation: 503.0 m * Location: PSA, Tabernas, Spain * Method/Device: All-sky imager (ASI)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Fabel, Yann | All-sky imager (ASI) | Geocode – start | |
| 2 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Fabel, Yann | All-sky imager (ASI) | Geocode – end | |
| 3 | Image, sky | IMAGE sky | Fabel, Yann | All-sky imager (ASI) | PVotSky | |
| 4 | Image, sky (File Size) | IMAGE sky (Size) | Bytes | Fabel, Yann | All-sky imager (ASI) | PVotSky |
| 5 | Image, sky | IMAGE sky | Fabel, Yann | All-sky imager (ASI) | Q71 | |
| 6 | Image, sky (File Size) | IMAGE sky (Size) | Bytes | Fabel, Yann | All-sky imager (ASI) | Q71 |
| 7 | Image, sky | IMAGE sky | Fabel, Yann | All-sky imager (ASI) | AXIS | |
| 8 | Image, sky (File Size) | IMAGE sky (Size) | Bytes | Fabel, Yann | All-sky imager (ASI) | AXIS |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
62 data points
Data
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