Reflectometer measurement of roofing aggregate albedo

Solar Energy

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-171

  Levinson, Ronnen ^a   Chen, Sharon ^a   Berdahl, Paul ^a   Rosado, Pablo ^a   Medina, Louis A ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b A 1 Grit Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Pyranometer; Roofing aggregate; Solar reflectometer

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CRUSHED AGGREGATES; IRREGULAR SURFACE; MEASUREMENTS OF; MINERAL PARTICLES; PYRANOMETERS; ROOFING PRODUCTS; ROOFING SHINGLES;

AGGLOMERATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PILES; REFLECTOMETERS; ROOFS; SOLAR RADIATION;

AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATE; ALBEDO; ERROR ANALYSIS; REFLECTOMETRY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; ROOF; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84891119412     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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