Performance assessment of routine solar radiation measurements for improved solar resource and radiative modeling

American Solar Energy Society - Solar 2007: 36th ASES Annual Conf., 32nd National Passive Solar Conf., 2nd Renewable Energy Policy and Marketing Conference: Sustainable Energy Puts America to Work

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 36-43

  Gueymard, Christian A ^a   Myers, Daryl R ^b  

^a SOLAR CONSULTING SERVICES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DATA INACCURACIES; DATA QUALITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIATION MODELS; RADIATIVE MODELING; RENEWABLE ENERGY COMMUNITY; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOLAR RADIATION DATA; SOLAR RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR RADIATION MODEL; SOLAR RESOURCES;

COMMERCE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; MARKETING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOLAR RADIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

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EID: 84867852672     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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