New empirical models for estimation of global solar radiation around the earth surface

International Journal of Applied Engineering Research

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 921-933

  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

EID: 84867250096     PISSN: 09734562     EISSN: 09739769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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