Improved historical solar radiation gridded data for Australia

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 64-77

  Zajaczkowski, Juliusz ^a   Wong, Kenneth ^a   Carter, John ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gridded datasets; Oktas; Radiometer; Satellite observations; Solar radiation; Sunshine duration

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EQUATION; CONVERSION TABLES; GRIDDED DATASETS; MODEL CALIBRATION; OKTAS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOLAR RADIATION DATA; SUNSHINE DURATION;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE MODELS; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; SUN;

SOLAR RADIATION;

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; EVAPORATION; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RADIOMETER; SOLAR RADIATION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84883142023     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.06.013     Document Type: Article

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