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After the clouds are shifted by applying cloud motion vectors, solar radiation is calculated with SPECMAGIC NOW (Spectrally Resolved Mesoscale Atmospheric Global Irradiance Code), which computes the global irradiation spectrally resolved from satellite imagery. Due to the high spatial and temporal resolution of satellite measurements, solar radiation can be forecasted from 15 min up to 4 h or more with a spatial resolution of 0.05     \u2218    . An extensive validation of this short-term forecast is presented in this study containing two different validations based on either area or stations. The results are very promising as the mean RMSE (Root Mean Square Error) of this study equals 59 W\/m     2     (absolute bias = 42 W\/m     2    ) after 15 min, reaches its maximum of 142 W\/m     2     (absolute bias = 97 W\/m     2    ) after 165 min, and slowly decreases after that due to the setting of the sun. 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