Experimental assessment of the solar energy potential in the gulf of Tunis, Tunisia

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-168

  El Ouderni, Ahmed Ridha ^a   Maatallah, Taher ^a   El Alimi, Souheil ^a   Ben Nassrallah, Sassi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Global solar Radiation; Gulf of Tunis; Model comparison; Solar energy potential

Indexed keywords

SOLAR ENERGY;

CONVENTIONAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; GULF OF TUNIS; MEAN ABSOLUTE PERCENTAGE ERROR; MODEL COMPARISON; SOLAR RADIATION DATA;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84872108041     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.11.016     Document Type: Review

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