Modeling the hourly solar diffuse fraction in Taiwan

Renewable Energy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-61

  Kuo, Chia Wei ^a   Chang, Wen Chey ^a   Chang, Keh Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diffuse fraction; Mathematical modeling; Model assessment; Multiple regression

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN INFORMATION CRITERION; COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE; DIFFUSE FRACTION; HOURLY DIFFUSE FRACTION; MODEL ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; PIECEWISE LINEAR MODELS; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CORRELATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOLAR RADIATION;

MARIANA ISLANDS; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; TAIWAN; TINIAN;

EID: 84890828770     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.11.072     Document Type: Article

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