Derivation of cloud index from geostationary satellites and application to the production of solar irradiance and daylight illuminance data

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 119-130

  Ineichen, Pierre ^a   Perez, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0033399730     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050116     Document Type: Article

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