Validation of eight sunshine-based global radiation models with measured data at seven places in Yunnan Province, China

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 519-525

  Lin, Wenxian ^a   Lu, Enrong ^a  

^a YUNNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Measured data of solar radiation and climatic parameters; Sunshine based global radiation model; Validation; Yunnan Province

Indexed keywords

CHINA; RIETVELD MODEL; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACES;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0033101902     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(98)00139-3     Document Type: Article

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