SUN Station Details

SAURAN Station Details: SUN Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape Province, South Africa
The SAURAN SUN station is located at Stellenbosch University, in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The instruments are positioned on the roof of an Engineering building with
very good solar exposure. The horizons are partially obscured by surrounding mountains. The station was installed on 24 May 2010.
SAURAN station code:
SUN
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch,
Western Cape, South Africa
Latitude: -33.9281° (E)
Longitude: 18.8654° (S)
Elevation: 119 m AMSL
Database notation:
Measurement:
Instrument:
GHI_CMP11
Global horizontal irradiance in [W/m ]
DNI_CHP1
Direct normal irradiance in [W/m ]
DHI_CMP11
Diffuse horizontal irradiance in [W/m ]
DHI_CMP11_ShadowBand
Diffuse horizontal irradiance in [W/m ]
UVA_Avg
UVA in [W/m ]
UVB_Avg
Serial number:
Last calibration:
Kipp & Zonen CMP11 unshaded
114667
28 Jul 2011
Kipp & Zonen CHP1 on a SOLYS tracker
100235
18 Jul 2012
Kipp & Zonen CMP11 under a shading ball
on a SOLYS tracker
Kipp & Zonen CMP11 under a
shadowband
114668
28 Jul 2011
2
Kipp & Zonen UVS-AB-T
120113
24 Oct 2012
UVB in [W/m ]
2
Kipp & Zonen UVS-AB-T
120113
24 Oct 2012
Air_Temp
Air temperature in [°C]
Campbell Scientific CS215 sensor
BP
Barometric pressure in [mbar]
Vaisala PTB110 sensor
RH
Relative humidity in [%]
Campbell Scientific CS215 sensor
WS
Wind speed in [m/s]
R.M.Young 03001 sensor
WD
Wind direction in [°]
R.M.Young 03001 sensor
WD_SD
Standard deviation of the wind direction in [°]
R.M.Young 03001 sensor
2
2
2
2
Note that some gaps are present in the data record for SUN, including the following:
17/02/2014
20/02/2014
21/02/2014
21/02/2014
18/06/2014
11:18 – 12:05
12:17 – 13:04
08:17 – 09:14
09:21 – 19:33
21:18 – 22:05
08/09/2014 15:12 – 09/09/2014 14:04
04/12/2014 06:17 – 08/01/2015 08:54
Sensitivity factor:
In addition, DNI readings are currently unavailable for SUN due to a tracker problem.
Document prepared by: K. Broughton
Date: 12 January 2015

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