Evaluation of different diffuse radiation models for Indian stations and predicting the best fit model

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2378-2384

  Karakoti, Indira ^a   Pande, Bimal ^b   Pandey, Kavita ^b  

^a Ministry of New and Renewable Energy   (India)

^b KUMAUN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Clearness index; Decomposition model; Diffuse fraction; Empirical models; Parametric model; Percent possible sunshine

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ERRORS; FORECASTING; SOLAR RADIATION;

CLEARNESS INDICES; DECOMPOSITION MODEL; DIFFUSE FRACTION; EMPIRICAL MODEL; PARAMETRIC MODELING; PERCENT POSSIBLE SUNSHINE;

MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

EID: 79952577510     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.02.020     Document Type: Review

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