Quality control of solar radiation and sunshine measurements - lessons learnt from processing worldwide databases

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 151-166

  Muneer, T ^a   Fairooz, F ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CLOUDS; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; IRRADIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TURBIDITY;

DIFFUSE IRRADIATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL IRRADIATION; GLOBAL IRRADIATION; SUNSHINE FRACTION;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0036033813     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0143624402bt038oa     Document Type: Article

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