Solar access of residential rooftops in four California cities

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2120-2135

  Levinson, Ronnen ^a   Akbari, Hashem ^a   Pomerantz, Melvin ^a   Gupta, Smita ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Photovoltaics; Residential rooftops; Shading; Solar access; Trees

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENERGY EQUIPMENTS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; FLAT ELEMENTS; HEIGHT MEASUREMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING); LIGHT LOSS; LOS ANGELES; ORTHOPHOTOS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER PRODUCTION; SAN DIEGO , CA; SHADE TREES; SOLAR ACCESS; SURFACE HEIGHT; THERMAL COLLECTORS; TREE GROWTH;

BUILDING MATERIALS; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MODEL BUILDINGS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; ROOFS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURVEYING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; INSOLATION; LIDAR; ORTHOPHOTO; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; ROOF; SHADING; SOLAR POWER; TREE;

ANATOMY; CALIFORNIA; ENERGY PRODUCTION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; RADAR; ROOFING; SUN LIGHT; SURVEYING; TREES;

EID: 71549118858     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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