Fluctuations in instantaneous clearness index: Analysis and statistics

Solar Energy

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-206

  Woyte, Achim ^a   Belmans, Ronnie ^b   Nijs, Johan ^b,c  

^a 3E sa ^*  (Belgium)

^b Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

^c Photovoltech NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clearness index; Fluctuations; Solar radiation; Spectral analysis; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLOUDS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CLEARNESS INDEX; NETWORK PLANNING;

SOLAR RADIATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLOUDS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOLAR RADIATION; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

DATA SET; PERSISTENCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846146694     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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