The role of weather data files in Climate-based Daylight Modeling

Solar Energy

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 163-168

  Bellia, Laura ^a   Pedace, Alessia ^a,b   Fragliasso, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic daylight performance metrics; Dynamic daylight simulations; Indoor environment quality; Weather data files

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY;

COPENHAGEN; DAYLIGHT AVAILABILITY; DYNAMIC DAYLIGHT PERFORMANCE METRICS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUALITY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL APPROACH; WEATHER DATA;

DAYLIGHT SIMULATION;

CLIMATE MODELING; DATABASE; INDOOR AIR; LIGHTNING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER;

DENMARK; ENGLAND; FRANCE; HOVEDSTADEN; ITALY; KOBENHAVN [(RGG) HOVEDSTADEN]; LAZIO; LOMBARDY; LONDON [ENGLAND]; LORRAINE; MEURTHE ET MOSELLE; MILAN; MILANO [LOMBARDY]; NANCY; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84919395394     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.11.033     Document Type: Article

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