Assessing satellite derived irradiance information for South America within the UNEP resource assessment project SWERA

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11 Assessing satellite derived irradiance information for South America within the UNEP resource assessment project SWERA Hans Georg Beyer , Enio B. Pereira, Fernando R. Martins, Samuel L. Abreu, Sergio Colle, Richard Perez, Christoph Schillings Hermann Mannstein, Richard Meyer Solar Energy Laboratory – LABSOLAR – Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina -UFSC, Florianopolis, 88040-900, (SC), Brazil Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences (FH) Magdeburg-Stendal, Magdeburg, Germany , ++49 3918864499, hans-georg.beyer@et.hs-magdeburg.de Brazilian Institute for Space Research – INPE/CPTEC, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil The University at Albany (SUNY), ASRC-CESTM, Albany, USA Deutsches Zentrum fur Luftund Raumfahrt (DLR), Inst. fur Technische Thermodynamik, Stuttgart, Germany DLR, Inst. fur Physik der Atmosphare, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany