Solar energy modelling over a residential community in the City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hassan, Quazi K ^a   Rahman, K Mahmud ^a   Haque, Anis S ^a   Ali, Ahad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE GASES; HOUSING; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; REMOTE SENSING; ROOFS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

ALBERTA; CALGARY; DAY LIGHT HOURS; GREENHOUSES GAS; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; HIGH-RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING IMAGES; MODELLING FRAMEWORK; RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES; SOLAR ENERGY MODELING; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY;

SANDSTONE;

EID: 80052678298     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/216519     Document Type: Article

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