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Boland, J., Ridley, B. (2008). Models of Diffuse Solar Fraction. 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_8

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