Quality control and estimation of global solar radiation in China

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 466-475

  Tang, Wenjun ^a,b   Yang, Kun ^a   He, Jie ^a,b   Qin, Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Global radiation; Hybrid model; Quality control; Sunshine duration

Indexed keywords

DATA GAP; DATA SETS; ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; GLOBAL RADIATION; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; HYBRID MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SOLAR RADIATION DATA; SOLAR RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; SUNSHINE DURATION; SURFACE RADIATION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; HYBRID SENSORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CLOUD COVER; DATA SET; METEOROLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLAR RADIATION;

CHINA;

EID: 76949102578     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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