A model of diffuse broadband solar irradiance for a cloudless sky

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-130

  Grace, Warwick ^a  

^a Grace Research Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ADELAIDE; ALICE SPRINGS; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33749676596     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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