Estimation of atmospheric turbidity over Ghardaïa city

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-84

  Djafer, D ^a   Irbah, A ^b  

^a CENTRE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENERGIES RENOUVELABLES   (Algeria)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Angstr m coefficient; Linke factor; Solar radiation; Turbidity parameters

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBIDITY; AVERAGE VALUES; EARTH'S SURFACE; LINKE FACTOR; LINKE TURBIDITIES; OPTICAL THICKNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WINTER MONTHS;

SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

TURBIDITY;

SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ALGERIA; GHARDAIA;

EID: 84876307221     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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