Spatial disaggregation of satellite-derived irradiance using a high-resolution digital elevation model

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1644-1657

  Ruiz Arias, José A ^a   Cebecauer, Tomáš ^b,c,d   Tovar Pescador, Joaquín ^a   Šúri, Marcel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c Metabol KLINIK Sro   (Slovakia)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

DEM; Digital elevation model; Disaggregation; Satellite; Solar irradiance

Indexed keywords

ANDALUSIA , SPAIN; CLOUDY DAYS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISAGGREGATION; DOWN-SCALING; GLOBAL IRRADIANCE; GRID RESOLUTION; GROUND STATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; METEOSAT; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SPATIAL DISAGGREGATION; STATISTICAL MODELS; SYSTEMATIC BIAS;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SATELLITES; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

SURVEYING;

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CLEAR SKY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; IRRADIATION; METEOSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77955415807     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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