Comparing diffuse radiation models with one predictor for partitioning incident PAR radiation into its diffuse component in the eastern Mediterranean basin

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1820-1827

  Jacovides, C P ^a   Boland, J ^b   Asimakopoulos, D N ^a   Kaltsounides, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffuse PAR component; Empirical models; Photosynthetic photon flux Density PAR

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; ATMOSPHERIC CO; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CHEMICAL ENERGY; DIFFUSE COMPONENTS; DIFFUSE FRACTION; DIFFUSE RADIATION; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EMPIRICAL MODEL; GLOBAL CORRELATION; NATURAL ILLUMINATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS PROCESS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PHOTON FLUX DENSITIES; STATISTICAL INDICATORS;

FORESTRY; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 77949774021     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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