Solar radiation assessment using meteosat 4-VIS imagery

Solar Energy

Volumn 60, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 209-219

  Ceballos, Juan Carlos ^b   Moura, Geber Barbosa De A ^a,c  

^a LAMEPE/IPA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c Fund Cearense Meteorologia R   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TARGETS;

DIURNAL CYCLE; FINITE CLOUD FIELDS; METEOSAT 4 VIS IMAGERY;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0031105507     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(97)00001-7     Document Type: Article

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