Validation of the McClear clear-sky model in desert conditions with three stations in Israel

The new McClear clear-sky model, a fast model based on a radiative transfer solver, exploits the atmospheric properties provided by the EU-funded Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) to estimate the solar direct and global irradiances received at ground level in cloud-free conditions at a...

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Main Authors: M. Lefèvre, L. Wald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-03-01
Series:Advances in Science and Research
Online Access:http://www.adv-sci-res.net/13/21/2016/asr-13-21-2016.pdf