Values of broad band turbidity coefficients in a Mediterranean coastal site

Solar Energy

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-20

  Pedros R ^a   Utrillas, M P ^a   Martinez Lozano J A ^a   Tena, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; TURBIDITY;

ANGSTROM TURBIDITY COEFFICIENT; LINKE TURBIDITY COEFFICIENT;

SOLAR RADIATION;

LIGHT ATTENUATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBIDITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032876333     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(99)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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