Comparison between winter and summer sky-luminance distribution in Central Europe and in the Eastern Mediterranean

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 709-718

  Bartzokas, A ^a   Kambezidis, H D ^b   Darula, S ^c   Kittler, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Daylight climate; Diffuse illuminance; Eastern Mediterranean; Sky luminance distribution; Zenith luminance

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; SOLAR SYSTEM; STANDARDS;

DIFFUSE HORIZONTAL IRRADIANCE; EXTRATERRISTERIAL HORIZONTAL ILLUMINANCE; SKY-LUMINANCE DISTRIBUTIONS; SOLAR ELEVATION;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

IRRADIANCE; LUMINESCENCE;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; BRATISLAVA; BRATISLAVSKY; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SLOVAKIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17444423626     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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