A three-state model for the probability distribution of instantaneous solar radiation, with applications

Solar Energy

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-112

  Hollands, K G Terry ^a   Suehrcke, Harry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clearness index; Distribution; Probability; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CLEARNESS INDICES; DIFFUSE FRACTION; DISTRIBUTION; FIRST PRINCIPLE MODELS; INCLINED SURFACE; LINEAR SUPERPOSITIONS; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; THREE-STATE MODELS;

HEAT RADIATION; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR MASS; CLEAR SKY; DATA SET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84881229353     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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