A new GIS-based solar radiation model and its application to photovoltaic assessments

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-190

  Ŝúri, Marcel ^a   Hofierka, Jaroslav ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; LANDFORMS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CLEAR SKY; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DISTRIBUTED ENTITY; INPUT PARAMETER; ITS APPLICATIONS; MODEL APPLICATION; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR RADIATION ATLAS; SOLAR RADIATION MODEL;

SOLAR RADIATION;

CLEAR SKY; GIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RASTER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 12144286540     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2004.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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