Exploiting ground-based radiation and cloud measurements to classify cloud type for solar energy applications

Joseph Sedlar1,2, Kathleen O Lantz1, Laura Riihimaki1,3 and David D Turner4, (1)NOAA, ESRL Global Monitoring Division, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NOAA, ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO, United States