An hourly solar radiation model under actual weather and terrain conditions: A case study in Heihe river basin

Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1148-1157

  Chen, Rensheng ^a   Kang, Ersi ^a   Ji, Xibin ^a   Yang, Jianping ^a   Wang, Junhai ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b Design Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Solar radiation model; Spatial and temporal resolution; Terrain; Total cloud percent

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLAR RADIATION;

RADIATION TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION MODEL; TOTAL CLOUD PERCENT;

SOLAR ENERGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

CLOUD COVER; DIURNAL VARIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WEATHER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 33947407188     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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