Verification of the SUNY direct normal irradiance model with ground measurements

Solar Energy

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 246-258

  Nonnenmacher, Lukas ^a   Kaur, Amanpreet ^a   Coimbra, Carlos F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNI validation; DNI variability; Short term variability; Solar irradiance variability; SUNY model; Variability index

Indexed keywords

DNI VALIDATION; DNI VARIABILITY; SHORT-TERM VARIABILITY; SOLAR IRRADIANCE VARIABILITY; VARIABILITY INDEX;

QUALITY CONTROL;

INSTRUMENTS;

GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; IRRADIANCE; MICROCLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITY CONTROL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890322831     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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