Evaluation of a new photodiode sensor for measuring global and diffuse irradiance, and sunshine duration

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-48

  Wood, John ^a   Muneer, Tariq ^b   Kubie, J ^b  

^a Peak Design and Development   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ERROR ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; METEOROLOGY; SENSORS; SOLAR RADIATION;

DIFFUSE IRRADIANCES;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0037300656     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1531149     Document Type: Article

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