Recent advances in intra-hour solar forecasting: A review of ground-based sky image methods

F Lin, Y Zhang, J Wang - International Journal of Forecasting, 2023 - Elsevier
As the penetration of solar energy generation into power systems keeps rising, intra-hour
solar forecasting (IHSF) is becoming increasingly important for the secure and economical …

Open-source ground-based sky image datasets for very short-term solar forecasting, cloud analysis and modeling: A comprehensive survey

Y Nie, X Li, Q Paletta, M Aragon, A Scott… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Sky-image-based solar forecasting using deep learning has been recognized as a
promising approach in reducing the uncertainty in solar power generation. However, one of …

Applying self-supervised learning for semantic cloud segmentation of all-sky images

Y Fabel, B Nouri, S Wilbert, N Blum… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - amt.copernicus.org
Semantic segmentation of ground-based all-sky images (ASIs) can provide high-resolution
cloud coverage information of distinct cloud types, applicable for meteorology-, climatology …

Introducing two Random Forest based methods for cloud detection in remote sensing images

N Ghasemian, M Akhoondzadeh - Advances in Space Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Cloud detection is a necessary phase in satellite images processing to retrieve the
atmospheric and lithospheric parameters. Currently, some cloud detection methods based …

[HTML][HTML] Ten-minute prediction of solar irradiance based on cloud detection and a long short-term memory (LSTM) model

HM Zuo, J Qiu, YH Jia, Q Wang, FF Li - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
With the inherent volatility of solar radiation, accurate short-term prediction of solar
irradiance is essential to cost-efficiently stabilise and operate power grids. Cloud is the …

Open-source sky image datasets for solar forecasting with deep learning: A comprehensive survey

Y Nie, X Li, Q Paletta, M Aragon, A Scott… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sky image-based solar forecasting using deep learning has been recognized as a
promising approach in reducing the uncertainty of solar power generation. However, a major …

Cloud detection in satellite images with classical and deep neural network approach: A review

R Gupta, SJ Nanda - Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2022 - Springer
This article introduces a review on implementations of various methods to perform cloud
detection and its related applications such as detection of cloud shadow, types of cloud and …

Supervised fine-grained cloud detection and recognition in whole-sky images

L Ye, Z Cao, Y Xiao, Z Yang - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The whole-sky imager has been increasingly used for ground-based cloud automatic
observation. Many approaches based on image processing have been applied to detect or …

Comparative analysis of methods for cloud segmentation in ground-based infrared images

G Terrén-Serrano, M Martínez-Ramón - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing penetration of photovoltaic systems in the power grid makes it vulnerable to
cloud shadow projection. Real-time cloud segmentation in ground-based infrared images is …

Automatic cloud‐type classification based on the combined use of a sky camera and a ceilometer

J Huertas‐Tato, FJ Rodríguez‐Benítez… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A methodology, aimed to be fully operational, for automatic cloud classification based on the
synergetic use of a sky camera and a ceilometer is presented. The random forest machine …