Validation of the NSRDB-SUNY global horizontal irradiance in California

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1816-1827

  Nottrott, Anders ^a   Kleissl, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Satellite; Solar resource assessment; SUNY model; Validation

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLOUDY CONDITIONS; COASTAL SITES; CORRECTION METHOD; DATA SETS; GROUND STATIONS; MEAN BIAS ERRORS; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SENSOR ACCURACY; SITE LOCATION; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR RESOURCES; SUMMER MONTHS; SUNY MODEL; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCES; VALIDATION; WEATHER STATIONS;

ERRORS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

SATELLITES;

CLOUD COVER; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; IRRADIANCE; MODEL VALIDATION; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER STATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956172181     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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