Spatial and temporal variability in the solar resource: Assessing the value of short-term measurements at potential solar power plant sites

38th ASES National Solar Conference 2009, SOLAR 2009

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 3026-3053

  Gueymard, Christian A ^a   Wilcox, Stephen M ^b  

^a SOLAR CONSULTING SERVICES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DATA SETS; DIRECT RADIATIONS; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; GROWING DEMAND; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH-ACCURACY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOLAR RESOURCES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SUN;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867247331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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