Comparison of methodologies for TMY generation using 10 years data for Damascus, Syria

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2090-2102

  Skeiker, Kamal ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Meteorological variables; Methods; Thermal engineering; TMY

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; THERMAL ENGINEERING; TYPICAL METEOROLOGICAL YEAR (TMY);

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 34247506263     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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