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Use of Sunshine Number for Solar Irradiance Time Series Generation

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    Viorel Badescu

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    Viorel Badescu (Professor) (Professor)

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Badescu, V. (2008). Use of Sunshine Number for Solar Irradiance Time Series Generation. In: Badescu, V. (eds) Modeling Solar Radiation at the Earth’s Surface. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77455-6_13

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