Rethinking satellite-based solar irradiance modelling: The SOLIS clear-sky module

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-174

  Mueller, R W ^a   Dagestad, K F ^b   Ineichen, P ^c   Schroedter Homscheidt, M ^d   Cros, S ^e   Dumortier, D ^f   Kuhlemann, R ^a   Olseth, J A ^b   Piernavieja, G ^g   Reise, C ^h   Wald, L ^e   Heinemann, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f Lab Sci l'Environnement R M   (France)

^g Instituto Tecnologico de Canarias   (Spain)

^h FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Remote sensing; Solar irradiance modelling

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS;

REMOTE SENSING;

CLEAR SKY; ERS-2; IRRADIANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 2542603815     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.02.009     Document Type: Article

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