Measuring solar reflectance-Part II: Review of practical methods

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1745-1759

  Levinson, Ronnen ^a   Akbari, Hashem ^a   Berdahl, Paul ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pyranometer; Solar heat gain; Solar reflectance; Solar spectrophotometer; Solar Spectrum Reflectometer; Spectrally selective " cool colored" surface

Indexed keywords

PYRANOMETERS; SOLAR HEAT GAINS; SOLAR REFLECTANCE; SOLAR SPECTRUM; SOLAR SPECTRUM REFLECTOMETER; SPECTRALLY SELECTIVE "COOL COLORED" SURFACE;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

INSTRUMENT ERRORS;

AIR MASS; CLEAR SKY; DIAMETER; IRRADIANCE; REFLECTANCE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTRUM;

EID: 77955420387     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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