Estimation of the daily global solar radiation; Nepal experience

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1807-1817

  Poudyal, Khem N ^a   Bhattarai, Binod K ^a   Sapkota, Balkrishna ^a   Kjeldstad, Berit ^b   Daponte, Pasquale ^c  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Instrument; Precipitation; Solar energy; Solar radiation models

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESTIMATION; INSTRUMENTS; LASERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSIVITY; DAILY GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; DAILY TEMPERATURE RANGES; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SOLAR RADIATION DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR RADIATION MODEL;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84875066718     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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