TY - CPAPER U1 - Konferenzveröffentlichung A1 - Neher, Ina A1 - Crewell, Susanne A1 - Meilinger, Stefanie A1 - Pfeifroth, Uwe A1 - Trentmann, Jörg T1 - Long-term variability of solar irradiance and its implications for photovoltaic power in West Africa T2 - EGU General Assembly 2020, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2020 N2 - West Africa is one of the least developed regions in the world regarding the energy availability and energy security. Located close to the equator West Africa receives high amounts of global horizontal irradiance (GHI). Thus, solar power and especially photovoltaic (PV) systems seem to be a promising solution to provide electricity with low environmental impact. To plan and to dimension a PV power system climatological data for global horizontal irradiance (GHI) and its variability need to be taken into account. However, ground based measurements of irradiances are not available continuously and cover only a few discrete locations. Y1 - 2020 UN - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-49963 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19283 DO - https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19283 PB - Copernicus ER -