Using routine meteorological data to derive sky conditions

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 649-654

  Pages D ^a   Calbó, Josep ^a   Gonzalez J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition and structure (cloud physics and chemistry); Meteorological and atmospheric dynamics (instruments and techniques; radiative processes)

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; SOLAR RADIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 0038116767     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-649-2003     Document Type: Article

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