Integration of ASOS weather data into model-derived solar radiation

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 111 PART 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 363-377

  Belcher, Brian N ^a   DeGaetano, Arthur T ^a,b  

^a Northeast Regional Climate Center   (United States)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVATION SYSTEMS (ASOS); CLIMATIC REGIMES; MODEL-DRIVED SOLAR RADIATION;

AIRPORTS; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 27644510117     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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