Effective accuracy of satellite-derived hourly irradiances

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 199-207

  Zelenka, A ^a   Perez, R ^b   Seals, R ^b   Renne D ^c  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; IRRADIANCE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032867768     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050084     Document Type: Article

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