A model for calculating hourly global solar radiation from satellite data in the tropics

Applied Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1450-1457

  Janjai, S ^a   Pankaew, P ^a   Laksanaboonsong, J ^a  

^a Faculty of Science   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Hourly global radiation; Modelling; Satellite data; Solar radiation; Tropical environment

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OZONE; RADIATION; SATELLITES; TROPICS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION AND SCATTERINGS; ABSORPTION OF SOLAR RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS; HOURLY GLOBAL RADIATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DIFFERENCES; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; OZONE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOMS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VISIBILITY; WATER VAPOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 63449142371     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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