Generating synthetic five-minute solar irradiance values from hourly observations

Our method can be applied to locations where only hourly data is available. For example, it could be applied to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's hourly solar irradiance gridded satellite data, to capture the spatial variation in solar irradiance for multiple locations. The result would be particularly useful, from a solar energy perspective, for designing a reliable renewable energy electricity system where its performance could be evaluated for any location in Australia.