Long-term trends in, and spatial variation of, solar irradiances in ireland

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1015-1030

  Stanhill, G ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cloudiness; Ireland; Solar irradiances; Spatial variability; Trends

Indexed keywords

IRRADIANCE; SOLAR RADIATION;

IRELAND;

EID: 0032439322     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199807)18:9<1015::AID-JOC297>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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