A topographic geostatistical approach for mapping monthly mean values of daily global solar radiation: A case study in southern Spain

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1812-1822

  Ruiz Arias, J A ^a   Pozo Vazquez D ^a   Santos Alamillos, F J ^a   Lara Fanego, V ^a   Tovar Pescador, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate; Kriging; Solar radiation; Terrain effects

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLEAR SKY; DATA SET; KRIGING; MOUNTAIN REGION; REGIONALIZATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 80054909054     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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