Proposal of a regressive model for the hourly diffuse solar radiation under all sky conditions

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 881-893

  Ruiz Arias, J A ^a   Alsamamra, H ^a   Tovar Pescador, J ^a   Pozo Vazquez D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diffuse fraction; Logistic model; Regressive model; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

ALL-SKY; CLEARNESS INDICES; CLIMATIC REGIONS; DATA SETS; DIFFUSE FRACTION; EXTREME VALUE; GLOBAL FITTING; LOGISTIC MODEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEAN BIAS ERRORS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NEW MODEL; REGRESSIVE MODEL; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SIGMOID FUNCTION; SOLAR IRRADIATION;

BLOCK CODES; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SUN;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 75849146597     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.11.024     Document Type: Article

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