Simple model to generate daily averaged point cloudiness data

International Journal of Solar Energy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-148

  Badescu, Viorel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Autoregressive model; Frequency distribution; Statistical indicators

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AUTOREGRESSIVE MODEL; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; POINT CLOUDINESS; STATISTICAL INDICATORS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER;

ROMANIA;

EID: 0032232390     PISSN: 01425919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425919908914350     Document Type: Article

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