Comparison of measured direct normal irradiance data to calculated using the disc model for the texas panhandle

40th ASES National Solar Conference 2011, SOLAR 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 103-110

  Vick, Brian D ^a   Myers, Daryl ^b  

^a Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT NORMAL IRRADIANCES; PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SIMULATION CODE; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME-SCALES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84867020251     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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