Verification of some very simple clear and cloudy sky models to evaluate global solar irradiance

Solar Energy

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 251-264

  Badescu, Viorel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ERROR ANALYSIS;

ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0342275172     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(97)00057-1     Document Type: Article

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