Impact of Pinatubo aerosols on the seasonal trends of global, direct and diffuse irradiance in two northern mid-latitude sites

Solar Energy

Volumn 58, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 91-101

  Molineaux, Benoît ^a   Ineichen, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0030186162     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-092X(96)00051-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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