Ben Kurtz

748 total citations
15 papers, 517 citations indexed

About

Ben Kurtz is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Global and Planetary Change and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Kurtz has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 517 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Ben Kurtz's work include Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (15 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (6 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (4 papers). Ben Kurtz is often cited by papers focused on Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (15 papers), Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (6 papers) and Remote Sensing in Agriculture (4 papers). Ben Kurtz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and France. Ben Kurtz's co-authors include Jan Kleissl, B. Urquhart, M. S. Ghonima, Dung Nguyen, Chi‐Wai Chow, Felipe A. Mejia, Guang Wang, J. E. Shields, Jens Schoene and Amato T. Evan and has published in prestigious journals such as Solar Energy, Atmospheric measurement techniques and Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy.

In The Last Decade

Ben Kurtz

15 papers receiving 501 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ben Kurtz United States	11	423	294	158	102	57	15	517
M. S. Ghonima United States	8	359 0.8×	234 0.8×	160 1.0×	143 1.4×	54 0.9×	9	526
Christoph Prahl Germany	16	459 1.1×	489 1.7×	134 0.8×	71 0.7×	20 0.4×	39	672
Janet E. Shields United States	6	526 1.2×	310 1.1×	151 1.0×	186 1.8×	86 1.5×	17	651
Bijan Nouri Germany	16	577 1.4×	435 1.5×	86 0.5×	135 1.3×	56 1.0×	55	704
Ricardo Marquez United States	8	803 1.9×	584 2.0×	376 2.4×	97 1.0×	42 0.7×	13	929
Sergey Kivalov United States	12	650 1.5×	467 1.6×	285 1.8×	123 1.2×	22 0.4×	27	776
B. Urquhart United States	10	994 2.3×	683 2.3×	393 2.5×	180 1.8×	94 1.6×	11	1.1k
Nicolas Schmutz Australia	7	641 1.5×	451 1.5×	439 2.8×	92 0.9×	15 0.3×	11	746
Zhipeng Qu United States	14	482 1.1×	272 0.9×	129 0.8×	358 3.5×	23 0.4×	50	887
Panagiotis Tzoumanikas Greece	8	264 0.6×	131 0.4×	33 0.2×	155 1.5×	63 1.1×	9	373

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15 of 15 papers shown

Kurtz, Ben, et al.. (2020). Maximum expected ramp rates using cloud speed sensor measurements. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 12(5). 1 indexed citations

Bosch, J.L., et al.. (2019). Worst Expected Ramp Rates from Cloud Speed Measurements. Academica-e (Universidad Pública de Navarra). 2281–2286. 6 indexed citations

Mejia, Felipe A., Ben Kurtz, Aviad Levis, I. de la Parra, & Jan Kleissl. (2018). Cloud tomography applied to sky images: A virtual testbed. Solar Energy. 176. 287–300. 15 indexed citations

Kurtz, Ben, Felipe A. Mejia, & Jan Kleissl. (2017). A virtual sky imager testbed for solar energy forecasting. Solar Energy. 158. 753–759. 22 indexed citations

Kurtz, Ben. (2017). Solar Resource Assessment with Sky Imagery and a Virtual Testbed for Sky Imager Solar Forecasting. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations

Urquhart, B., Ben Kurtz, & Jan Kleissl. (2016). Sky camera geometric calibration using solar observations. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 9(9). 4279–4294. 14 indexed citations

Mejia, Felipe A., Ben Kurtz, Laura M. Hinkelman, et al.. (2016). Coupling sky images with radiative transfer models: a new method to estimatecloud optical depth. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 9(8). 4151–4165. 15 indexed citations

Kurtz, Ben & Jan Kleissl. (2016). Measuring diffuse, direct, and global irradiance using a sky imager. Solar Energy. 141. 311–322. 30 indexed citations

Wang, Guang, Ben Kurtz, & Jan Kleissl. (2016). Cloud base height from sky imager and cloud speed sensor. Solar Energy. 131. 208–221. 38 indexed citations

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Pecenak, Zachary K., Felipe A. Mejia, Ben Kurtz, Amato T. Evan, & Jan Kleissl. (2016). Simulating irradiance enhancement dependence on cloud optical depth and solar zenith angle. Solar Energy. 136. 675–681. 38 indexed citations

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Schoene, Jens, et al.. (2016). High PV penetration impacts on five local distribution networks using high resolution solar resource assessment with sky imager and quasi-steady state distribution system simulations. Solar Energy. 132. 221–235. 71 indexed citations

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Urquhart, B., et al.. (2015). Development of a sky imaging system for short-term solar power forecasting. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 8(2). 875–890. 70 indexed citations

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Mejia, Felipe A., Ben Kurtz, Laura M. Hinkelman, et al.. (2015). Coupling sky images with three-dimensional radiative transfer models: a new method to estimate cloud optical depth. 2 indexed citations

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Urquhart, B., Ben Kurtz, Dung Nguyen, et al.. (2014). Comparison of Solar Power Output Forecasting Performance of the Total Sky Imager and the University of California, San Diego Sky Imager. Energy Procedia. 49. 2340–2350. 24 indexed citations

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Kurtz, Ben, Dung Nguyen, B. Urquhart, et al.. (2014). Solar irradiance forecasting using a ground-based sky imager developed at UC San Diego. Solar Energy. 103. 502–524. 170 indexed citations

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