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     Richard E. Bird               
 Clear Sky Broadband Solar Radiation Model 
                                           
            September 19, 2012             
                                           
                                           
   Afshin Michael Andreas                  
   Afshin.Andreas@NREL.gov (303)384-6383   
                                           
   Solar Resource and Forecasting Group    
   Solar Radiation Research Laboratory     
   National Renewable Energy Laboratory    
   15013 Denver W Pkwy, Golden, CO 80401   



  This code is based on the SERI (NREL)    
  technical report "A Simplified Clear	 
  Sky model for Direct and Diffuse 		 
  Insolation on Horizontal Surfaces" by    
  R.E. Bird and R.L. Hulstrom              

Distributed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Solar Radiation Research Laboratory
August 2012
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