Predicting solar irradiance with all-sky image features via regression

Solar Energy

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 537-550

  Fu, Chia Lin ^a   Cheng, Hsu Yung ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

All sky image; Regression; Solar irradiance prediction

Indexed keywords

ALL-SKY; CLEARNESS INDICES; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; PREDICTION SCHEMES; REGRESSION; REGRESSION TECHNIQUES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR IRRADIANCES;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; IMAGE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84884921214     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.09.016     Document Type: Article

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