Data quality assessment and monthly stability of ground solar radiation in Galicia (NW Spain)

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3499-3511

  Mirás Avalos, José M ^a   Rodríguez Gómez, Benigno Antonio ^a   Meizoso López, María del Carmen ^a   Sande Fouz, Patricia ^a   González García, Miguel ángel ^b   Paz González, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galicia (Spain); Quality control; Semivariogram; Solar irradiation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL PROCEDURES; DATA QUALITY ASSESSMENT; DATA SETS; ENERGY APPLICATIONS; GALICIA; GLOBAL RADIATION; GROUND DATA; NW SPAIN; RELIABILITY INDEX; RESEARCH FIELDS; SEMIVARIOGRAMS; SHORT PERIODS; SOLAR GLOBAL RADIATION; SOLAR IRRADIATION; STATION NETWORK; SUPPLY QUALITY; WINTER MONTHS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SUN;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA QUALITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; IRRADIANCE; RESEARCH WORK; SEASONALITY; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER STATION;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84867840115     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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