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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-3467-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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Research article
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25 Aug 2015
Research article |
| 25 Aug 2015
Atmospheric extinction in solar tower plants: absorption and broadband correction for MOR measurements
N. Hanrieder
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Solar Research, Plataforma Solar de Almería, Ctra. de Senés s/n km 4, Apartado 39, 04200 Tabernas, Spain
S. Wilbert
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Solar Research, Plataforma Solar de Almería, Ctra. de Senés s/n km 4, Apartado 39, 04200 Tabernas, Spain
R. Pitz-Paal
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Solar Research, Linder Höhe, 51147 Cologne, Germany
Meteorological Institute Munich (MIM), Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Theresienstr. 37, 80333 Munich, Germany
J. Gasteiger
Meteorological Institute Munich (MIM), Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Theresienstr. 37, 80333 Munich, Germany
Meteorological Institute Munich (MIM), Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Theresienstr. 37, 80333 Munich, Germany
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Münchner Str. 20, 82234 Weßling, Germany
J. Polo
Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Energy Department, Renewable Energy Division, Avda. Complutense 40, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Solar extinction measurement system based on digital cameras. Application to solar tower plants J. Ballestrín et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.03.004
- Intra-hour energy potential forecasting in a central solar power plant receiver combining Meteosat images and atmospheric extinction J. Alonso-Montesinos et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116034
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