Calculating indoor natural illuminance in overcast sky conditions

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 806-813

  De Rosa, A ^a   Ferraro, V ^a   Kaliakatsos, D ^a   Marinelli, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Indoor natural illuminance; Overcast sky

Indexed keywords

LUMINANCE; METEOROLOGY;

CALCULATED VALUES; CALCULATION CODE; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; INDOOR NATURAL ILLUMINANCE; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; OVERCAST SKIES; SCALE MODELING; SKY LUMINANCE DISTRIBUTION;

LIGHTING;

COMPUTER SYSTEM; GEOMETRY; INDOOR AIR; LUMINESCENCE; METEOROLOGY;

EID: 71849119990     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.09.034     Document Type: Article

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