First performance analysis of a silicon-cell microcontroller-based solar radiation monitoring system

Solar Energy

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 313-321

  Mukaro, R ^a   Carelse, X F ^a   Olumekor, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DATA TRANSFER; ERROR CORRECTION; MICROCONTROLLERS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

DATA QUALITY; SILICON PYRANOMETERS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

MONITORING SYSTEM; SILICON; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0032215809     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(98)00072-3     Document Type: Article

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