Direct solar spectral irradiance measurements and updated simple transmittance models

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 509-520

  De La Casiniere A ^a   Bokoye, A I ^a   Cabot, T ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIANCE; LINKE TURBIDITY FACTOR; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR SPECTRUM;

EID: 0031444081     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0509:DSSIMA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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