Solar radiation estimations over India using Meteosat satellite images

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2395-2406

  Polo, J ^a   Zarzalejo, L F ^a   Cony, M ^b   Navarro, A A ^a   Marchante, R ^b   Martin L ^b   Romero, M ^c  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b Investigaciones y Recursos Solares Avanzados   (Spain)

^c IMDEA ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

India; Meteosat; Satellite models; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

DATA CENTRES; DYNAMICAL BEHAVIORS; GLOBAL IRRADIATION; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INDIA; METEOSAT; METEOSAT SATELLITE IMAGES; MODEL OUTPUTS; POSITIVE BIAS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DEVIATIONS; SATELLITE MODELS; SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS; SOLAR RADIATION ESTIMATION; SOLAR RESOURCES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUN BELTS; TERRA SATELLITES; TURBIDITY VALUES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ENERGY RESOURCES; ESTIMATION; FEEDBACK; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IRRADIATION; RATING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TURBIDITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

AEROSOL; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IRRADIATION; METEOSAT; MODIS; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRA (SATELLITE); TURBIDITY;

INDIA;

EID: 80051592947     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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