Hourly distributions of the diffuse fraction of global solar irradiation in Córdoba (Spain)

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-231

  Posadillo, R ^a   Lopez Luque R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hourly clearness index; Hourly diffuse clearness index; Hourly diffuse fraction; Model validation

Indexed keywords

MACHINERY;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; CLEARNESS INDICES; DIFFUSE COMPONENTS; DIFFUSE FRACTIONS; DIFFUSE IRRADIANCES; GLOBAL IRRADIANCES; GLOBAL IRRADIATIONS; GLOBAL SOLAR IRRADIATIONS; HORIZONTAL PLANES; HOURLY CLEARNESS INDEX; HOURLY DIFFUSE CLEARNESS INDEX; HOURLY DIFFUSE FRACTION; INCLINED PLANES; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETRIZATION; PV SYSTEMS; SOLAR DATUMS; TILTED PLANES;

IRRADIATION;

EID: 56349162740     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.09.042     Document Type: Article

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