A simplified calibrated model for estimating daily global solar radiation in Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 197-205

  Benghanem, M ^a,c   Mellit, A ^b,c  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JIJEL   (Algeria)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CALIBRATION; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY BUDGET; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR RADIATION;

MADINAH; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84891660895     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0884-2     Document Type: Article

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