Bio-Inspired Design and Fabrication of a Spectrally Resolved Albedometer

With the increased market share of bifacial modules, it is becoming increasingly important to have sensors that provide information about the irradiance falling into both sides of the modules. Such instruments give more information about the performance of PV modules. They can optimize the material, tilt, and orientation of PV modules according...

Solar Powered Drones: Control algorithm and Albedo map generation

With the strict Paris climate goals, all eyes are set on the development of sustainable solutions that can replace or improve commercial solutions. This thesis revolves around the design and implementation of a subsystem for the creation of a solar powered drone. The goal of the solar powered drone is increasing the flight range of a commercial...

The impact of high resolution surface reflectance data on the accuracy of the TROPOMI tropospheric NO2 product over the greater Rotterdam region

The Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite has a payload of the TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument, TROPOMI.The satellite was launched in 2017 by ESA with the intended goal of measuring trace gases in the atmosphere.One of the products of TROPOMI is the Tropospheric NO2 column. This product is based on thespectral measurements to obtain the column...