Daily spectral effects on concentrating PV solar cells as affected by realistic aerosol optical depth and other atmospheric conditions

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7410, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gueymard, Christian A ^a  

^a SOLAR CONSULTING SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth (AOD); Atmospheric turbidity; Concentrating photovoltaics (CPV); Concentrators; Photovoltaic solar cells; PV; SMARTS; Solar irradiance; Solar radiation; Spectral effect

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBIDITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SPECTRAL EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOINFORMATICS; CELLS; COMPUTER CRIME; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SIMULATORS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUN; TECHNOLOGY; TURBIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

EID: 70449631462     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.826071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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