SRML station: Bend, OR
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The Bend Oregon monitoring station. A horizontal sensor is located at the top left corner of the solar array. At a 32° angle is a second sensor located in the top right of the solar array. The solar array is 3.6 kW. The veritcal pole is directly north of the horizontal sensor.
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Panoramic view of the surrouding skyline from the Bend station. The trees to the west extend up to an elevation of 35°.
These trees cast a shadow on the PV array in the afternoons.
The approximate elevation angle and aziumuthal anlge of predominate features of the skyline are denoted in the picture.
NOTE: The unceratinty the zenith angle is +- 1 degree. The uncertainty in the azimuthal angle is +- 2 degrees.
Due to distortion effects in taking the photograph, the horizontal locations in the photograph are not to scale.