Use of neural networks for the creation of hourly global and diffuse solar irradiance data at representative locations in Greece

Renewable Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 928-932

  Moustris, K ^a   Paliatsos, A G ^a   Bloutsos, A ^b   Nikolaidis, K ^a   Koronaki, I ^c,d   Kavadias, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Centre of Renewable Energy Sources   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Neural networks; Solar irradiance data

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION;

SOLAR IRRADIANCE DATA; TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR ABSORBERS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DATA SET; METEOROLOGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38349122433     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.09.028     Document Type: Article

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