Solar Spectrum is the newsletter from the Resource Applications Division of the American Solar Energy Society and is published on an annual basis. The purpose of the newsletter is to inform division members of events in the resource assessment field and activities of the divison and its members.

May, 2007 >>
Highlights:

• Division Meeting Invitation and Agenda
• Special NSRDB Two-Session Forum during SOLAR 2007
• Letter from the Chair - Knowledge as Power
• NREL and NCDC Release the Updated 1991-2005 National Solar Radiation Database

May, 2006 >>
Editor: Frank Vignola, University of Oregon
Highlights:

• Recent Developments in Spectral Irradiance Modeling, by Chris Gueymard, Solar Consulting Services
• Resource Applications Division
• Resource Applications Division Annual Meeting
• Renewable Applications Session at SOLAR 2006
• Federal Legislation for Resource Assessment, by Frank Vignola, University of Oregon
• Introduction to Solar Radiation Monitoring Workshop
• NREL Prepares to Release Updated National Solar Radiation Database

June, 2005
Editor: Frank Vignola, University of Oregon
Highlights:

• Satellite Based Solar Resource Assessment: Social, Economic and Cultural Challenges and Barriers, Technological Gaps, by Richard Perez, ASRC, The University at Albany
• SOLAR 2005 Workshop: SMARTS Terrestrial Solar Spectral Model Workshop—Introduction and Applications
• Polar Sun Path Charts Available Soon on the Web
• Resource Application Sessions at 2005 ISES Solar World Congress

July, 2004
Editor: Frank Vignola, University of Oregon
Highlights:

• SOCOL, a FORTRAN Program for Calculating Energy Collection by Fixed and Tracking Collectors, by Jack Garrison, San Diego State University
• Resource Applications Sessions at SOLAR 2004
• Resource Applications Division Meeting at SOLAR 2003

May, 2003
Editor: Frank Vignola, University of Oregon
Highlights

• Progress Toward an Updated National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB), by Steve Wilcox, National Renewable Energy Lab
• Resource Assessment, Modeling and Applications Talks at SOLAR 2003 in Austin
• Enhancing the Value of Solar Radiation Data, by Frank Vignola, University of Oregon
• Recent Developments in Spectral Solar Radiation Standards and Modeling, by Chris Gueymard, Solar Consulting Services
• Workshop on the Use of Solar Radiation Data

November, 2002
Editor: Frank Vignola, University of Oregon
Highlights:

• United Nations Environment Programme's Solar and Wind Energy Resource Assessment (SWERA) Project Launched, by Dave Renné, National Renewable Energy Lab and Richard Perez, ASRC, the University at Albany
• Resource Assessment Division Meeting Minutes, Reno, NV, 2002
• Overview of American Meterological Society's 11th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, June 3-7, Ogen, Utah
• NREL Pyrheliometer Comparisons 2002, 23 September - 1 October