Accuracy of the solar irradiance forecasts of the japan meteorological agency mesoscale model for the kanto region, Japan

Solar Energy

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 138-152

  Ohtake, Hideaki ^a   Shimose, Ken ichi ^a   Fonseca, Joao Gari da Silva ^a   Takashima, Takumi ^a   Oozeki, Takashi ^a   Yamada, Yoshinori ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forecasting errors; GHI; Japan; Mesoscale model (MSM); Photovoltaics; Validation

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; ERRORS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

FORECASTING ERROR; JAPAN; MESOSCALE MODEL; PHOTOVOLTAICS; VALIDATION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR RADIATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

EID: 84887015640     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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