Comparison of direct normal irradiance derived from silicon and thermopile global hemispherical radiation detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7773, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Myers, Daryl R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Detectors; Direct beam; Silicon; Solar radiation; Thermopile; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DIFFUSE RADIATION; DIRECT BEAMS; DIRECT NORMAL IRRADIANCES; ROTATING SHADOWBAND RADIOMETER; SILICON PHOTODIODE; SOLAR APPLICATIONS; SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DETECTORS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMOPILES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SILICON DETECTORS;

EID: 77957850444     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.859732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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