A fast GIS-tool to compute the maximum solar energy on very large terrains

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages 364-372

  Tabik, S ^a   Villegas, A ^a   Zapata, E L ^a   Romero, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CPU GPU heterogenous architecture; DEMs; GIS tool; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890561645     PISSN: 18770509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2012.04.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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