Relative accuracy of 1-minute and daily total solar radiation data for 12 global and 4 direct beam solar radiometers

38th ASES National Solar Conference 2009, SOLAR 2009

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 2999-3025

  Myers, Daryl ^a   Wilcox, Stephen M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED UNCERTAINTY; DAILY TOTAL SOLAR RADIATION; DIFFUSE IRRADIANCE; DIRECT BEAMS; GLOBAL IRRADIANCE; INSTRUMENT MODELS; PYRANOMETERS; REFERENCE DATA; RELATIVE ACCURACY; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; SINGLE SITES; SOLAR RADIOMETERS; TEST INSTRUMENTS; ZENITH ANGLE;

INSTRUMENTS; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL TESTS; SUN;

RADIOMETERS;

EID: 84867271691     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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