Spatial mapping of short-term solar radiation prediction incorporating geostationary satellite images coupled with deep convolutional LSTM networks for South Korea
A practical approach to continuously monitor and provide real-time solar energy prediction can help support reliable renewable energy supply and relevant energy security systems. In this study on the Korean Peninsula, contemporaneous solar radiation images obtained from the Communication, Ocean and...
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| author | Jong-Min Yeom Ravinesh C Deo Jan F Adamowski Seonyoung Park Chang-Suk Lee |
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| description | A practical approach to continuously monitor and provide real-time solar energy prediction can help support reliable renewable energy supply and relevant energy security systems. In this study on the Korean Peninsula, contemporaneous solar radiation images obtained from the Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite (COMS) Meteorological Imager (MI) system, were used to design a convolutional neural network and a long short-term memory network predictive model, ConvLSTM. This model was applied to predict one-hour ahead solar radiation and spatially map solar energy potential. The newly designed ConvLSTM model enabled reliable prediction of solar radiation, incorporating spatial changes in atmospheric conditions and capturing the temporal sequence-to-sequence variations that are likely to influence solar driven power supply and its overall stability. Results showed that the proposed ConvLSTM model successfully captured cloud-induced variations in ground level solar radiation when compared with reference images from a physical model. A comparison with ground pyranometer measurements indicated that the short-term prediction of global solar radiation by the proposed ConvLSTM had the highest accuracy [root mean square error (RMSE) = 83.458 W · m ^−2 , mean bias error (MBE) = 4.466 W · m ^−2 , coefficient of determination (R ^2 ) = 0.874] when compared with results of conventional artificial neural network (ANN) [RMSE = 94.085 W · m ^−2 , MBE = −6.039 W · m ^−2 , R ^2 = 0.821] and random forest (RF) [RMSE = 95.262 W · m ^−2 , MBE = −11.576 W · m ^−2 , R ^2 = 0.839] models. In addition, ConvLSTM better captured the temporal variations in predicted solar radiation, mainly due to cloud attenuation effects when compared with two selected ground stations. The study showed that contemporaneous satellite images over short-term or near real-time intervals can successfully support solar energy exploration in areas without continuous environmental monitoring systems, where satellite footprints are available to model and monitor solar energy management systems supporting real-life power grid systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-255868587c7d45b18e9919708a405eb12023-08-09T15:09:39ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262020-01-0115909402510.1088/1748-9326/ab9467Spatial mapping of short-term solar radiation prediction incorporating geostationary satellite images coupled with deep convolutional LSTM networks for South KoreaJong-Min Yeom0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2321-731XRavinesh C Deo1Jan F Adamowski2Seonyoung Park3Chang-Suk Lee4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4049-5779Satellite Application Division, Korea Aerospace Research Institute , 115 Gwahangno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34133, Republic of KoreaSchool of Sciences, Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems & Centre for Applied Climate Sciences, University of Southern Queensland , QLD 4300, AustraliaDepartment of Bioresource Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University , Montreal, CanadaSatellite Application Division, Korea Aerospace Research Institute , 115 Gwahangno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34133, Republic of KoreaNational Institute of Environmental Research , 42, Hwangyong-ro, Seogu, Incheon 22689, Republic of KoreaA practical approach to continuously monitor and provide real-time solar energy prediction can help support reliable renewable energy supply and relevant energy security systems. In this study on the Korean Peninsula, contemporaneous solar radiation images obtained from the Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite (COMS) Meteorological Imager (MI) system, were used to design a convolutional neural network and a long short-term memory network predictive model, ConvLSTM. This model was applied to predict one-hour ahead solar radiation and spatially map solar energy potential. The newly designed ConvLSTM model enabled reliable prediction of solar radiation, incorporating spatial changes in atmospheric conditions and capturing the temporal sequence-to-sequence variations that are likely to influence solar driven power supply and its overall stability. Results showed that the proposed ConvLSTM model successfully captured cloud-induced variations in ground level solar radiation when compared with reference images from a physical model. A comparison with ground pyranometer measurements indicated that the short-term prediction of global solar radiation by the proposed ConvLSTM had the highest accuracy [root mean square error (RMSE) = 83.458 W · m ^−2 , mean bias error (MBE) = 4.466 W · m ^−2 , coefficient of determination (R ^2 ) = 0.874] when compared with results of conventional artificial neural network (ANN) [RMSE = 94.085 W · m ^−2 , MBE = −6.039 W · m ^−2 , R ^2 = 0.821] and random forest (RF) [RMSE = 95.262 W · m ^−2 , MBE = −11.576 W · m ^−2 , R ^2 = 0.839] models. In addition, ConvLSTM better captured the temporal variations in predicted solar radiation, mainly due to cloud attenuation effects when compared with two selected ground stations. The study showed that contemporaneous satellite images over short-term or near real-time intervals can successfully support solar energy exploration in areas without continuous environmental monitoring systems, where satellite footprints are available to model and monitor solar energy management systems supporting real-life power grid systems.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9467solar radiation predictionconvolutional neural networklong short-term memoryCOMS-MIpyranometerdeep learning |
| spellingShingle | Jong-Min Yeom Ravinesh C Deo Jan F Adamowski Seonyoung Park Chang-Suk Lee Spatial mapping of short-term solar radiation prediction incorporating geostationary satellite images coupled with deep convolutional LSTM networks for South Korea Environmental Research Letters solar radiation prediction convolutional neural network long short-term memory COMS-MI pyranometer deep learning |
| title | Spatial mapping of short-term solar radiation prediction incorporating geostationary satellite images coupled with deep convolutional LSTM networks for South Korea |
| title_full | Spatial mapping of short-term solar radiation prediction incorporating geostationary satellite images coupled with deep convolutional LSTM networks for South Korea |
| title_fullStr | Spatial mapping of short-term solar radiation prediction incorporating geostationary satellite images coupled with deep convolutional LSTM networks for South Korea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatial mapping of short-term solar radiation prediction incorporating geostationary satellite images coupled with deep convolutional LSTM networks for South Korea |
| title_short | Spatial mapping of short-term solar radiation prediction incorporating geostationary satellite images coupled with deep convolutional LSTM networks for South Korea |
| title_sort | spatial mapping of short term solar radiation prediction incorporating geostationary satellite images coupled with deep convolutional lstm networks for south korea |
| topic | solar radiation prediction convolutional neural network long short-term memory COMS-MI pyranometer deep learning |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9467 |
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