A program for calculation of solar energy collection by fixed and tracking collectors

Solar Energy

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 241-255

  Garrison, John D ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); METEOROLOGY; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

SURFACE METEOROLOGY;

SOLAR COLLECTORS;

SOLAR POWER;

EID: 0036983075     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(02)00066-X     Document Type: Article

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