Extreme overirradiance events in São Paulo, Brazil

Solar Energy

Volumn 110, Issue , 2014, Pages 168-173

  Almeida, Marcelo Pinho ^a   Zilles, Roberto ^a   Lorenzo, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cloud enhancement; Overirradiance; S o Paulo

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CLOUD ENHANCEMENTS; OVERIRRADIANCE;

ALTITUDE; CLOUD COVER; RADIATION BALANCE;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84907481953     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.09.012     Document Type: Article

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