Solar radiation models. Part 2: Comparison and developing new models

Energy Sources

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 521-530

  Ulgen, Koray ^a   Hepbasli, Arif ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clearness index; Correlation models; Empirical models; Global and diffuse radiation; Model comparison; Solar energy system; Solar radiation; Solar radiation models; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLEARNESS INDEX; CORRELATION MODELS; GLOBAL RADIATION; HORIZONTAL SURFACE; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM; SOLAR RADIATION MODEL; TURKEY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 1842453135     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310490429704     Document Type: Article

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