Global, direct and diffuse solar radiation on horizontal and tilted surfaces in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 568-576

  El Sebaii, A A ^a,b   Al Hazmi, F S ^a   Al Ghamdi, A A ^a   Yaghmour, S J ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Meteorological parameters; Regression analysis; Solar radiation; Sunshine hours; Tilted surfaces

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; NASA; RADIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

BRIGHT SUNSHINE HOURS; DAILY GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; DIFFUSE SOLAR RADIATIONS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; SUNSHINE HOUR; TILTED SURFACE;

INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION;

ANISOTROPY; CLOUD COVER; DATA SET; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

JEDDAH; MAKKAH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 75449100804     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.06.032     Document Type: Article

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