Amplitude-modulating periodicities in global and regional heat/temperature variations

Renewable Energy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 295-303

  Njau, Ernest C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND POWER;

AMPLITUDE MODULATING PERIODICITIES; TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL HEAT ENERGY;

EID: 0032026441     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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