Using reduced data sets ISCCP-B2 from the Meteosat satellites to assess surface solar irradiance

Solar Energy

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 240-253

  Lefevre M ^a   Wald, L ^a   Diabate L ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b GCMI   (Mali)

Author keywords

Africa; Atlantic Ocean; Climatology; Europe; Fluxes; Radiation; Satellite

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; IRRADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

METEOSAT SATELLITES; SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

WEATHER SATELLITES;

CLIMATOLOGY; IRRADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DATA SET; IRRADIANCE; METEOROLOGY; METEOSAT; RADIATION BUDGET; SAMPLING BIAS; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33845979156     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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