General formula for the estimation of global solar radiation on earth's surface around the globe

Renewable Energy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 394-400

  Korachagaon, Iranna ^a   Bapat, V N ^b  

^a Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering and Technology   (India)

^b Gyan Ganga Institute of Technology and Management   (India)

Author keywords

Empirical; Estimation; Global; Radiation; Site independent; Solar

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANDIDATE MODELS; DAILY GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; DEVELOPED MODEL; EARTH SURFACE; EARTH'S SURFACE; EMPIRICAL; ESTIMATION ERRORS; GLOBAL; GLOBAL RADIATION; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LAND AREAS; SITE-INDEPENDENT; SOLAR;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT RADIATION; MOISTURE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

ESTIMATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; EQUATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 84155165493     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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