Atmospheric broadband model for computation of solar radiation at the earth's surface. Application to mediterranean climate

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 829-860

  Psiloglou, B E ^a,b   Santamouris, M ^b   Asimakopoulos, D N ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atmospheric broadband model; Prediction of solar radiation; Solar radiation depletion; Solar radiation modelling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; MODEL; SOLAR RADIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0034042503     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00001120     Document Type: Article

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