SASRAD: An hourly-timestep solar radiation database for South Africa

Journal of Energy in Southern Africa

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-34

  Ciolkosz, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Data sets; SASRAD; Solar radiation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960198798     PISSN: 1021447X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.17159/2413-3051/2009/v20i1a3299     Document Type: Article

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