Field measurement of albedo for limited extent test surfaces

Solar Energy

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 589-599

  Sailor, David J ^a   Resh, Kyle ^b   Segura, Del ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedometer; Radiation view factors; Radiative properties; Reflectivity measurement

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

ALBEDOMETER; RADIATION VIEW FACTORS; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

ALBEDO; RADIATION BALANCE; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

EID: 33646152104     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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