Comparison of historical satellite based estimates of solar radiation resources with recent rotating shadow band radiometer measurements

38th ASES National Solar Conference 2009, SOLAR 2009

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 3738-3765

  Myers, Daryl ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT BEAMS; DIRECT RADIATIONS; MEASUREMENT DATA; NEW STATIONS; ROTATING SHADOWBAND RADIOMETER; SHADOWBAND; SOLAR RADIATION DATA; SOLAR RADIOMETERS; SOLAR RESOURCES;

ENERGY CONVERSION; NASA; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SITE SELECTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84867281659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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