O. S. Ojo, I. Emmanuel, K. D. Adedayo, E. O. Ogolo, B. Adeyemi
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Abstract
The study evaluated the impact of climate change on incoming solar radiation (RSDS) in West Africa by comparing observed data from the CMSAF solar products (SARAH and CLARA-A1) for the period 1983–2019 with simulated data from the AFR-CORDEX models (RegCM-4.7 and CCCma-canRCM4) for the historical period (1983–2004) and various RCP emission scenarios (2.6, 4.5, 8.5) for 2005–2099. The values of the RCP in parentheses signify the level of increasing radiative forcings due to varying emission controls. Assessment metrics like correlation coefficient (R), Taylor Skill Score (TSS), and root mean square errors (RMSE) were employed for comparative analysis on annual and seasonal timescales. The analyses revealed annual mean RSDS intensities of 256.22 for SARAH, 238.53 for CLARA-A1, 270.81 for Historical, 270.26 for RCP 2.6, 255.90 for RCP 4.5, and 271.93 for the RCP 8.5 scenarios in watts per square metres. The TSS analyses showed average agreement values between observed CMSAF and simulated AFR-CORDEX solar radiation with values of 0.8450 and 0.8575 with historical, 0.8750 and 0.8600 with RCP 2.6, 0.9025 and 0.8550 with RCP 4.5, and 0.8675 and 0.8525 with RCP 8.5 scenarios for SARAH and CLARA-A1 respectively. All the metrics showed better agreement with SARAH than CLARA-A1, likely due to the associated cloud influence on CLARA-A1. Notably, the CORDEX-CCCma-canRCM4 model under RCP 4.5 demonstrated the highest accuracy, with an average correlation of 0.82 and a mean TSS of 0.90 against the SARAH reference dataset. The results suggest the AFR-CORDEX model, particularly the CCCma-canRCM4 for RCP 4.5 scenario, could reliably predict solar radiation and inform climate change impacts on solar energy potential in West Africa under moderate emission conditions.
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