A universal relationship for estimating daily clear sky insolation

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 15-16, 2004, Pages 2313-2333

  Lingamgunta, Chakradhar ^a   Veziroglu, T Nejat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric attenuation; Clear sky insolation; Daily clear sky insolation; Extraterrestrial insolation

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC ATTENUATION; CLEAR SKY INSOLATION; DAILY CLEAR SKY INSOLATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL INSOLATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 2442664295     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2003.11.019     Document Type: Article

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