Trends in solar radiation in NCEP/NCAR database and measurements in northeastern Brazil

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1852-1862

  Silva, Vicente de Paulo Rodrigues da ^a   Silva, Roberta Araújo e ^a   Cavalcanti, Enilson Palmeira ^a   Braga, Célia Campos ^a   Azevedo, Pedro Vieira de ^a   Singh, Vijay P ^b   Pereira, Emerson Ricardo Rodrigues ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Global dimming; Mann Kendall test; Net radiation; Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; CLIMATIC ZONE; DATA COLLECTION; DCP MEASUREMENTS; GLOBAL DIMMING; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; MANN-KENDALL TEST; MOVING AVERAGES; NCEP/NCAR; NET RADIATION; NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; REANALYSIS; SUB-REGIONS; SUNSHINE DURATION; SUNSHINE DURATION MEASUREMENTS; TIMES SERIES;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; SOLAR RADIATION; STREAM FLOW; SUN; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DATA HANDLING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATABASE; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; NET RADIATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES;

BRAZIL;

EID: 77956173869     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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