Determination of daily solar ultraviolet radiation using statistical models and artificial neural networks

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2105-2114

  Barbero, F J ^a   Lopez G ^b   Batlles, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ESTIMATION METHOD; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AFRICA; ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; CALIFORNIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TABLE MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 33751091234     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-2105-2006     Document Type: Article

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