6. Viewshed, solar energy potential analysis
Outline:- line of sight, viewshed and cumulative viewshed: principle and applications
- solar radiation: components and dynamics
- solar radiation in complex terrain, cast shadows
- cumulative solar irradiation, solar energy potential
Lecture
Lecture slides: Viewsheds and solar radiation
Supplemental materials:
- Starek, M.J., et al., 2020, Viewshed simulation and optimization for digital terrain modelling with terrestrial laser scanning, International Journal of Re-mote Sensing, 41:16, 6409-6426
- Tabrizian et al. 2020, High Resolution Viewscape Modeling Evaluated Through Immersive Virtual Environments. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 9, 445.
- Viewshed Analysis, and Solar Radiation Dynamics, chapters from Petrasova et al., 2018, Tangible Modeling with Open Source GIS. Second edition. Springer. Available free through NCSU library. or through Springer
- GIS solar data from NREL
- Project Sunroof by Google, see Data explorer
- PVWatts Calculator
- Solargis Website
- Original lecture: Slides, videos: Viewshed, Solar.
Assignment
- Approach: GRASS solution, ArcGIS Pro solution