General cloud cover modifier for clear sky solar radiation models

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6652, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Myers, Daryl R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud cover modifier; Global hemispherical solar radiation; Solar radiation model

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLOUD COVER MODIFIERS; GLOBAL HEMISPHERICAL SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION MODELS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 42149119152     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.732472     Document Type: Conference Paper

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