Improving the performance of satellite-to-irradiance models using the satellite's infrared sensors

39th ASES National Solar Conference 2010, SOLAR 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 67-74

  Perez, Richard ^a   Schlemmer, Jim ^a   Kivalov, Sergey ^a   Hemker Jr , Charles ^a   Zelenka, Antoine ^b  

^a ASRC   (United States)

^b MeteoSuisse ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA INPUT; INFRA-RED SENSOR; INFRARED CHANNEL; POOR PERFORMANCE; SNOW COVERS; SOLAR RESOURCES;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INFRARED DETECTORS;

SNOW;

EID: 84867256867     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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