Inter-comparison of different models for estimating clear sky solar global radiation for the Negev region of Israel

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 259-268

  Ianetz, Amiran ^a   Lyubansky, Vera ^a   Setter, Ilan ^a   Kriheli, Boris ^b   Evseev, Efim G ^c   Kudish, Avraham I ^c  

^a Israel Ministry of Transport and Road Safety   (Israel)

^b ASHKELON ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clear sky correlations; Clear sky global radiation; Clear sky index; Clearness index; Israel; Negev

Indexed keywords

CLEAR SKY CORRELATIONS; CLEAR SKY GLOBAL RADIATION; CLEAR SKY INDEX; CLEARNESS INDEX; NEGEV;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 33749676418     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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