Design of a new single-patch sky and sun simulator

Lighting Research and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-89

  Bodart, M ^a   Deneyer, A ^b   De Herde, A ^a   Wouters, P ^b   Raynham, P ^c   Mardaljevic, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LAMPS; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT SOURCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ILLUMINANCE MEASUREMENTS; PARALLAX ERROR MEASUREMENT; SKY SIMULATOR; SUN SIMULATOR; TUNGSTEN HALOGEN LAMPS;

DAYLIGHTING;

EID: 33644890461     PISSN: 14771535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1365782806li157oa     Document Type: Review

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