Objective Information about solar radiation is often restricted to very basic data such as annual radiation on horizontal surfaces for large geographical areas. There is a crucial need for more detailed information, for example concerning solar radiation on surfaces that are not horizontal (e.g. - windows of buildings and vineyards). Project SoDa will address needs of users (e.g. in agriculture, the construction industry and research) for quality information on solar radiation parameters by applying a user-driven methodology. A prototype service will be developed that will integrate and efficiently exploit diverse networked information sources to supply value-added information to a selected number of fields. The multi-disciplinary consortium gathers companies and researchers with the necessary expertise in solar radiation as well as from information and communications technologies. Customers and potential users are also represented via the involvement of commercial private vendors of solar radiation databases in addition to representatives of large international and local environmental research and development programmes.Objectives:To answer the needs for high quality customer-tailored information on solar radiation;to integrate diverse sources of information presently available separately within a smart integrating network;to develop and operate a prototype service, which efficiently exploits the smart network, and which will be used and gauged by selected users;to increase the quality of the delivered information through improved modelling of time and space structures of the solar radiation, and improved matching to actual customer needs, to disseminate the achievements of the project, and to assess the sustainability of a permanent commercial service.Work description:Dissemination and Use Plans;Prototype service version 1, then 2, made available and tested by customers;1st and 2nd critical reviews of the project;Final versions of schemes for improved customer-tailored information;Final version of the prototype service. Conclusions and recommendations from users;Expression of benefits and value of the service;End of project. Final version of the technology implementation plan. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticultureviticulturenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesmeteorologysolar radiation Programme(s) FP5-IST - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a "User-friendly information society, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.2.-1.5.1 - Intelligent environmental monitoring and management systems Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator ASSOCIATION POUR LA RECHERCHE ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES METHODES ET PROCESSUS INDUSTRIELS EU contribution No data Address BOULEVARD SAINT-MICHEL 60 75272 PARIS 6 France See on map Total cost No data Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CARL VON OSSIETZKY UNIVERSITAET OLDENBURG Germany EU contribution No data Address AMMERLAENDER HEERSTRASSE 114-118 26129 OLDENBURG See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address 3, RUE MICHEL-ANGE 75794 PARIS CEDEX 16 See on map Total cost No data ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES MINES DE PARIS France EU contribution No data Address BOULEVARD SAINT MICHEL 60 75272 PARIS See on map Total cost No data EUROPEAN COMMISSION - JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Italy EU contribution No data Address VIA FERMI 1 21020 ISPRA See on map Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Germany EU contribution No data Address HANSASTRASSE 27C 80686 MUENCHEN See on map Total cost No data ICONS SRL Italy EU contribution No data Address Cascina Cigolina CASTELNUOVO BOCCA D'ADDA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data METEOTEST Switzerland EU contribution No data Address FABRIKSTRASSE 14 3012 BERN See on map Total cost No data ORSZAGOS METEOROLOGIAI SZOLGALAT Hungary EU contribution No data Address 1 KITAIBEL PAL UTCA 1024 BUDAPEST See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA Italy EU contribution No data Address VIA BALBI 5 16126 GENOVA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Sackville Street MANCHESTER See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data