Characterization of climatological cooling degree-days in the Caribbean region

Proceedings of ANES/ASME XXX National Solar Energy Week

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Angeles, Moises ^a   Gonzalez, Jorge E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COOLING DEGREE DAY (CDD); MAIN DEVELOPMENT REGIONS (MDR); SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 33751270709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/anes/asme2006-0028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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