Soiling Data V2 - Metadata

The data provided were extracted similarly to the method in V1. Skomedal and M. Deceglie, “Combined Estimation of Degradation and Soiling Losses in Photovoltaic Systems,” IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2020 with exception of soiling stations and PV sites with soiling losses less than 1% which were extracted per M. Deceglie, L. Micheli, and M. Muller, "Quantifying Soiling Loss Directly from PV Yield," IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2018. Note that the above algorithms do not adequately address the impacts of pollen and biosoiling (see J. Bessa et al, "An Investigation on the Pollen-Induced Soiling Losses in Utility-Scale PV Plants," IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 2023).

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