Impacts of aerosols on available solar energy at Mbour, Senegal

Mamadou Drame, Boudy Ould Bilal, Moctar Camara, Vincent Sambou, and Amadou Gaye This study aims to evaluate the available solar potential (direct normal on the overall horizontal plane) and to estimate the observed impact of aerosols on solar radiation at Mbour, Senegal (16.958 degrees W; 14. 394 degrees N) using observations from solar instruments and AERONET during 2006. Th ... [J. Renewable Sustainable Energy 4, 013105 (2012)] published Thu Feb 2, 2012.