@inproceedings{MeilingerHermanCzezuchZemoMekengetal.2021,
  author    = {Stefanie Meilinger and Anna Herman-Czezuch and Armelle Zemo Mekeng and Nicola Kimiaie and James Barry},
  title     = {Impact of aerosols on photovoltaic energy production using a spectrally resolved model chain: A case study for Sub-Sahara West-Africa},
  series = {D-A-CH MeteorologieTagung, 21. bis 25. M{\"a}rz 2022 in Leipzig},
  publisher = {Copernicus GmbH},
  doi       = {10.5194/dach2022-217},
  url       = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-60617},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {West Africa has a great potential for the application of solar energy systems, as it combines high levels of solar irradiance with a lack of energy production. Southern West Africa is a region with a very high aerosol load. Urbanization, uncontrolled fires, traffic as well as power plants and oil rigs lead to increasing anthropogenic emissions. The naturally circulating north winds bring mineral dust from the Sahel and Sahara and monsoons - sea salt and other oceanic compounds from the south. The EU-funded Dynamics-Aerosol-Chemistry-Cloud Interactions in West Africa (DACCIWA) project (2014–2018), dlivered the most complete dataset of the atmosphere over the region to date. In our study, we use in-situ measured optical properties of aerosols from the airborne campaign over the Gulf of Guinea and inland, and from ground measurements in coastal cities.},
  language  = {en}
}