Solar radiation estimation in ungauged catchments

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 349-359

  Shamim, Muhammad Ali ^a   Remesan, Renji ^b   Han, Dawei ^b   Ghumman, Abdul Razzaq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drainage Irrigation; Hydrology Water resource; Information technology

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; BEST MODEL; CLEAR SKY; DATA LENGTH; DATA SETS; GAMMA TEST; GOOD CORRELATIONS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; NON-LINEAR; PRECIPITATION DATA; SOLAR RADIATION ESTIMATION; UNGAUGED CATCHMENT; WEATHER PHENOMENA;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ESTIMATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; RUNOFF; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WATER RESOURCES;

CATCHMENTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CATCHMENT; CLEAR SKY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 79958191357     PISSN: 17417589     EISSN: 17517729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/wama.2010.163.7.349     Document Type: Article

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