Calibration of the Ångström-Prescott coefficients (a, b) under different time scales and their impacts in estimating global solar radiation in the Yellow River basin

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 697-710

  Liu, Xiaoying ^a   Mei, Xurong ^a   Li, Yuzhong ^a   Zhang, Yanqing ^a   Wang, Qingsuo ^a   Jensen, Jens Raunsø ^b   Porter, John Roy ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ngstr m Prescott coefficients; Calibration; Global solar radiation estimation; Time scale

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; PREDICTION; SOLAR RADIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 59249098658     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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