Solar resource assessment in the Benelux by merging Meteosat-derived climate data and ground measurements

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3561-3574

  Journée, Michel ^a   Müller, Richard ^b   Bertrand, Cédric ^a  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data merging; Global solar radiation; In situ data; Meteosat data; Solar resource assessment

Indexed keywords

DATA MERGING; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; IN-SITU DATA; METEOSAT; SOLAR RESOURCES;

SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WEATHER SATELLITES;

MERGING;

DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; METEOSAT; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

BENELUX;

EID: 84869081785     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.06.023     Document Type: Article

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