Evaluation of sunshine duration from cloud data in Egypt

Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 785-795

  Robaa, S M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cloud; Egypt; Global solar radiation; Sunshine duration

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CLOUD DATA; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; SUNSHINE DURATION;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ERROR ANALYSIS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SOLAR RADIATION;

CARBON; CLOUD; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; SOLAR RADIATION;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 40849092545     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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