Modeling sky luminance using satellite data to classify sky conditions

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2059-2073

  Janjai, S ^a   Masiri, I ^a   Nunez, M ^b   Laksanaboonsong, J ^a  

^a Faculty of Science   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Daylight; Earth atmospheric reflectivity; Satellite data; Sky luminance; Sky scanner

Indexed keywords

SATELLITES;

DAYLIGHT; EARTH-ATMOSPHERIC REFLECTIVITY; SATELLITE DATA; SKY LUMINANCE; SKY SCANNER;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERE; MODELING; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SATELLITE DATA; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 49149116501     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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