Toward the development of a diffuse horizontal shortwave irradiance working standard

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Michalsky, Joseph J ^a   Dolce, R ^b   Dutton, E G ^c   Haeffelin, M ^d   Jeffries, W ^e   Stoffel, T ^f   Hickey, J ^g   Los, A ^b   Mathias, D ^h   McArthur, L J B ⁱ   Nelson, D ^c   Philipona, R ^j   Reda, I ^f   Rutledge, K ^k   Zerlaut, G ^l   Forgan, B ^m   Kiedron, P ⁿ   Long, C ^o   Gueymard, C ^p  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Kipp and Zonen Inc   (United States)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^e Yankee Environmental Systems Inc   (United States)

^f NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^g The Eppley Laboratory   (United States)

^h Carter Scott Design   (Australia)

ⁱ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^j WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^k NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^l EKO Instruments Co Ltd   (Japan)

^m BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

ⁿ STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^o PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^p Solar Consulting Services   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 20044369237     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005265     Document Type: Article

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