Accuracy and sensitivity analysis for 54 models of computing hourly diffuse solar irradiation on clear sky

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 379-399

  Badescu, Viorel ^a,f   Gueymard, Christian A ^b   Cheval, Sorin ^c   Oprea, Cristian ^d   Baciu, Madalina ^d   Dumitrescu, Alexandru ^d,e   Iacobescu, Flavius ^a   Milos, Ioan ^d   Rada, Costel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b SOLAR CONSULTING SERVICES   (United States)

^c Research Development Institute for Plant Protection   (Romania)

^d NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION   (Romania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^f ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; IRRADIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ROMANIA;

EID: 84873133820     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0667-1     Document Type: Article

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