The near future availability of photovoltaic energy in Europe and Africa in climate-aerosol modeling experiments

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 706-716

  Gaetani, Marco ^a   Huld, Thomas ^a   Vignati, Elisabetta ^a   Monforti Ferrario, Fabio ^a   Dosio, Alessandro ^a   Raes, Frank ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Africa; Climate change; Climate model; Europe; Photovoltaic energy

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR RADIATION;

AFRICA; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICAL PROPERTIES; CLIMATE-RELATED EFFECTS; EUROPE; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY; SURFACE SOLAR RADIATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84905055733     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.07.041     Document Type: Review

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