Revision of ground albedo estimation in Heliosat scheme for deriving solar radiation from SEVIRI HRV channel of Meteosat satellite

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 275-282

  Polo, J ^a   Martin L ^b   Cony, M ^b  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b Investigaciones y Recursos Solares Avanzados   (Spain)

Author keywords

Albedo; MSG; SEVIRI; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ALBEDO ESTIMATION; ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; HELIOSAT; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; METEOSAT SATELLITES; MSG; NILE DELTA; SATELLITE INFORMATION; SEVIRI; SIMPLE METHOD; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; SOLAR RADIATION ESTIMATION; VIEWING ANGLE;

ESTIMATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; PIXELS; REFLECTION; SUN;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; CLOUD COVER; IRRADIANCE; METEOSAT; PIXEL; REFLECTIVITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEVIRI; SOLAR RADIATION; TERRAIN;

EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NILE DELTA;

EID: 84855198535     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.09.030     Document Type: Article

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