Estimating cloud type from pyranometer observations

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 132-141

  Duchon, Claude E ^a   O'Malley, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; IRRADIANCE; TIME SERIES;

OKLAHOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032599686     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0132:ECTFPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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