Angular distribution of scattered radiation under broken cloud arrays: An approximation of successive orders of scattering

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3575-3586

  Kocifaj, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Cloudy atmosphere; Scattered radiation; Single clouds; Sky radiances

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FRACTION; CLOUDY ATMOSPHERES; CLOUDY SKIES; NON-TRIVIAL; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; OVERCAST SKIES; PENTIUM PROCESSORS; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATIVE FIELDS; SCATTERED BEAMS; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; SECOND-ORDER APPROXIMATION; SINGLE SCATTERING; SKY RADIANCES; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

AEROSOLS; ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION;

SCATTERING;

AEROSOL; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA PROCESSING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIANCE; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84869087156     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.06.022     Document Type: Article

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