An adaptive solar radiation numerical model

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 236, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4611-4622

  Diaz F ^a   Montero, G ^a   Escobar, J M ^a   Rodriguez E ^a   Montenegro, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive meshes; Shadows; Solar power; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MESHES; ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE; CANARY ISLANDS; CLEAR SKY; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SHADOWS; SKY RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION MAPS; SOLAR RADIATION MODEL; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; TERRAIN CHARACTERISTICS; TERRAIN SURFACES; TIME STEP;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; LOCATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUN;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84863985405     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2012.04.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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