Determination of atmospheric turbidity from the diffuse-beam broadband irradiance ratio

Solar Energy

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 135-146

  Gueymard, C ^a   Vignola, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBIDITY; DIFFUSE-BEAM BROADBAND IRRADIANCE RATIO;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BROADBAND DATA; IRRADIANCE; TURBIDITY;

EID: 0032172777     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(98)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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