Using cloud classification to model solar variability

42nd ASES National Solar Conference 2013, SOLAR 2013, Including 42nd ASES Annual Conference and 38th National Passive Solar Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 584-591

  Reno, Matthew J ^a   Stein, Joshua S ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; LOCATION; SATELLITES;

CLOUD CLASSIFICATION; DIRECTLY MODEL; LOCATION BASED; SATELLITE IMAGES; SOLAR VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL VARIABILITY; TIME-PERIODS; VARIABILITY INDEX;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84933573729     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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