ANN-based modelling and estimation of daily global solar radiation data: A case study

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1644-1655

  Benghanem, M ^a   Mellit, A ^b   Alamri, S N ^a  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JIJEL   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Correlation; Estimation; Global solar radiation; Modelling; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURES; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CORRELATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; DAILY GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATIONS; GLOBAL IRRADIATIONS; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; MODELLING; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORIES; REGRESSION MODELS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SUNSHINE DURATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BACKPROPAGATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ESTIMATION; IRRADIATION; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 65649123894     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.03.035     Document Type: Article

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