The method Heliosat-2 for deriving shortwave solar radiation from satellite images

Solar Energy

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-169

  Rigollier, C ^a   Lefevre M ^a   Wald, L ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Albedo; Atmosphere optics; Clearness index; Cloud; Image processing; Mapping; Meteorology; Meteosat; Radiation; Software; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSORS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

GROUND LEVEL; SHORTWAVE SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALBEDO; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 3142749144     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2004.04.017     Document Type: Article

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