ETHOS.TISED: A python package for temporal downscaling of solar irradiance

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Authors: Olalekan Omoyele, Julian Belina, Noor Titan Putri Hartono, Maximilian Hoffmann, Jann Michael Weinand, Miguel Larrañeta, Jochen Linßen, Detlef Stolten
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Abstract

High temporal-resolution solar irradiance data are essential for a wide range of energy and climate applications. However, most climate models and reanalysis datasets are only available at hourly resolution. ETHOS.TISED is an open-source Python package which facilitates the temporal downscaling of global horizontal irradiance from hourly to minute-scale resolution, using daily variability indicators for all climates and locations. The synthetically generated minute-scale resolution data show close agreement with measured observations as demonstrated by the normalized root mean squared error and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov integral test, which quantify the point-to-point and distributional divergence between measured and synthesized time series, respectively. By enabling the reproducible generation of high-frequency irradiance time series, the software improves the robustness and reliability of research and applied studies in energy system modeling.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics Climate variability and models Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Publication details

Journal / source
SoftwareX
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Volume
34
Pages
102688–102688
Publication date
14 May 2026
Language
EN