Air mass : Analytical and empirical treatment; an improved formula for air mass

Renewable Energy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-65

  Nijegorodov, N ^a   Luhanga, P V C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC THICKNESS; SOLAR RADIATION;

CALCULATIONS; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PROTECTIVE ATMOSPHERES; TEMPERATURE;

AIR MASS; EARTHS CURVATURE; ZENITH ANGLE;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0029669140     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(95)00111-5     Document Type: Article

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