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Air & Surface Temp. and Humidity's effect on Solar Panels
Organization(s):Toledo Technology Academy of Engineering
Country:United States of America
Student(s):Adam Zuccarell
Jakob Shiffler
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Educator(s):Laura Kubiak
Contributors:TPS: Gladwyn Richardson, Kristine Kania, Timothy Best
Grant Wilson (U.T., GLOBE)
Geoff Bland (NASA)
Report Type(s):International Virtual Science Symposium Report, Mission Earth Report
Protocols:Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Surface Temperature
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Language(s):English
Date Submitted:03/03/2025
For this research project, the objective was to find if surface temperature, air temperature, and humidity affected solar irradiance and solar panel output. All of the data was collected on the roof of the Devilbiss Campus’ EV Lab. The hypothesis was that the parameters did have an effect and that the higher the temperature and humidity the lower the solar irradiance and solar panel output. The hypothesis was only partially correct, each variable on it’s own had a low correlation, but when all of the variables were considered at once the correlation was high.