Monthly mean hourly global solar radiation estimation

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 379-387

  Wan Nik, W B ^a   Ibrahim, M Z ^a   Samo, K B ^a   Muzathik, A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Collares Pereira and Rabl model; Hourly global radiation; Hourly radiation models; Statistical tests

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EAST COAST; EMPIRICAL MODEL; GLOBAL RADIATION; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION DATA; HOURLY RADIATION MODELS; HUMID TROPICAL CLIMATES; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIANS; MEASURED DATA; NORMALIZED MEAN BIAS ERRORS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ESTIMATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL TESTS; SUN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

MALAYSIA;

PEREIRA;

EID: 84855199785     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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