Estimation of surface solar radiation with artificial neural networks

Modeling Solar Radiation at the Earth's Surface: Recent Advances

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 221-256

  Tymvios, Filippos S ^a   Michaelides, Silas Chr ^a   Skouteli, Chara S ^b  

^a Meteorological Service of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 84890008006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77455-6_9     Document Type: Chapter

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