Stochastic prediction of hourly global solar radiation for Patra, Greece

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3748-3758

  Kaplanis, S ^a   Kaplani, E ^a  

^a Mechanical Engineering Department   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hourly and daily solar radiation prediction; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; MATLAB; RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

DAILY SOLAR RADIATIONS; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; PREDICTION MODEL; PREDICTIVE POWER; PROFILE PREDICTION; RADIATION FLUCTUATIONS; SOLAR RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DATABASE; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; STOCHASTICITY;

ACHAEA; GREECE; PATRAS; WESTERN GREECE;

EID: 77955652623     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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