Solar resource assessment: A review

Solar Energy: The State of the Art

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 497-576

  Perez, R ^a   Aguiar, R ^b   Collares Pereira, M ^b   Dumortier, D ^c   Estrada Cajigal, V ^d   Gueymard, C ^e   Ineichen, P ^f   Littlefair, P ^g   Lund, H ^h   Michalsky, J ^a   Olseth, J A ⁱ   Renne D ^j   Rymes, M ^j   Skartveit, A ⁱ   Vignola, F ^k   Zelenka, A ^l  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b INGTI   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d SOLAR TRONICS   (Mexico)

^e University of Geneva ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^g BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT   (United Kingdom)

^h Thermal Insulation Laboratory   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^j NREL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^l Station Aérologique   (Switzerland)

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