Estimation of the solar energy potential in Egypt by developing high resolution solar Atlas and nowcasting service in real time

Panagiotis G Kosmopoulos1,2, Stelios Kazadzis3, Michael Taylor2, Hesham Mohamed El-Askary4, Panagiotis Raptis1, Iphigenia Keramitsoglou5 and Christos T. Kiranoudis6, (1)National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development (IERSD), Athens, Greece, (2)Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Thessaloniki, Greece, (3)World Radiation center, Physikalisch-Metorologisches Observatorium Davos (PMOD), Davos, Switzerland, (4)Chapman University, Orange, CA, United States, (5)National Observatory of Athens, Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS), Athens, Greece, (6)National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece