SPATIAL PREDICTION USING THE TRANSGAUSSIAN KRIGING PARAMETER FOR SOLAR RADIATION ON THE EARTH’S SURFACE

Abstract

In today’s world, knowledge of the local climatic and environmental conditions, especially the dynamics of solar radiation, plays an important role in climate change scenarios developed by international organizations. The need for energy supply in a renewable and sustainable form creates a challenge for data satellite management and its integration to applied research. This article presents the development of the geostatistical method for correcting outliers of solar radiation emitted in a 7.5 km2 field using a 150 m2 quadrangular grid. The atmospheric processes that block the arrival of a portion of the electromagnetic wave represent a logistic matter for the localisation and potential exploitation of solar farms for energy production in Latin America. The resulting map indicates changes in the explained variable dueto independent conditions of the vegetal cover; it depicts two different sectors (A and B) for the estimated comparison in the same area.