Three-dimensional SOlar RAdiation Model (SORAM) and its application to 3-D urban planning

Solar Energy

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 63-73

  Erdélyi, Róbert ^a   Wang, Yimin ^a   Guo, Weisi ^b   Hanna, Edward ^a   Colantuono, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D; Shading condition; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

3D; BUILDING DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSE RADIATION; DIFFUSE SOLAR RADIATIONS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAY-TRACING METHOD; SHADING CONDITION; SOLAR RADIATION MODEL;

AGGREGATES; RAY TRACING; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DATA SET; DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR RADIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84892648995     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.12.023     Document Type: Article

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