Distributions of sky luminance and radiance of North Bangkok under standard distributions

Renewable Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1328-1345

  Chirarattananon, Surapong ^a   Chaiwiwatworakul, Pipat ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Gradation function; Indicatrix function; Mean bias difference; Root mean square difference; Sky luminance distribution

Indexed keywords

LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GRADATION FUNCTION; INDICATRIX FUNCTION; MEAN BIAS DIFFERENCE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DIFFERENCE; SKY LUMINANCE DISTRIBUTION;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

LUMINESCENCE; RADIANCE; WEATHER;

ASIA; BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 33751528949     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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