Improvement of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model for solar resource assessments and forecasts under clear skies

World Renewable Energy Forum, WREF 2012, Including World Renewable Energy Congress XII and Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES) Annual Conferen

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 2379-2386

  Ruiz Arias, José A ^a,b   Gueymard, Christian A ^c   Dudhia, Jimy ^a   Pozo Vázquez, David ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c SOLAR CONSULTING SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; CLEAR SKY; DIFFUSE COMPONENTS; DIFFUSE IRRADIANCE; DIRECT NORMAL IRRADIANCES; DOWNWARD SOLAR RADIATION; GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; GROUND STATIONS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MEAN BIAS ERRORS; MESOSCALE MODEL; OPERATION MODE; SOLAR RESOURCES; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SUN;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84871532961     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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