Modelling topographic variation in solar radiation in a GIS environment

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 475-497

  Kumar, Lalit ^a   Skidmore, Andrew K ^a   Knowles, Edmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DEM; GIS; SOLAR RADIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031435009     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136588197242266     Document Type: Article

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