On the annual and monthly mean diurnal variations of diffuse solar radiation at a meteorological station in West Africa

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 223-230

  Iziomon, M G ^a   Aro, T O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

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EID: 0033239711     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01030423     Document Type: Article

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