The aerosol effect on direct normal irradiance in Europe under clear skies

Renewable Energy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 475-484

  Nikitidou, E ^a   Kazantzidis, A ^a   Salamalikis, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Direct normal irradiance; DNI; Satellite estimates

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; DIRECT NORMAL IRRADIANCES; DNI; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; GROUND-BASED DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATOLOGY; DESERT; ESTIMATION METHOD; IRRADIANCE; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REAL TIME; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIATION BALANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO VALLEY;

EID: 84896028289     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.02.034     Document Type: Article

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