Monthly average daily global solar irradiation maps for Uganda: A location in the equatorial region

Renewable Energy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 412-415

  Mubiru, J ^a   Banda, E J K B ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Interpolation; Map; Model; Solar irradiation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CROP MODEL; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; GLOBAL SOLAR IRRADIATION; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MOVING AVERAGE METHOD; RELATIVE ERRORS; SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS; SOLAR IRRADIATION; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

INTERPOLATION; IRRADIATION; MAPS; MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DATABASE; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; INTERPOLATION; IRRADIATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAP; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICAL REGION;

UGANDA;

EID: 84155162856     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.11.018     Document Type: Article

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