Simple models to compute solar global irradiance from the CMSAF product Cloud Fractional Coverage

Renewable Energy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-131

  Badescu, Viorel ^a,c   Dumitrescu, Alexandru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION   (Romania)

^c ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Clear sky models; Cloud Fractional Coverage; Cloudy sky models; Overcast sky models; Point cloudiness

Indexed keywords

CLEAR SKY MODELS; CLIMATE MONITORING; CLOUDY SKIES; GLOBAL IRRADIANCE; OVERCAST SKIES; POINT CLOUDINESS; SATELLITE APPLICATION FACILITIES; WEATHER STATIONS;

CLOUDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 84890834793     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.11.068     Document Type: Article

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