Probabilistic forecasts of solar irradiance using stochastic differential equations

Environmetrics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 152-164

  Iversen, E B ^a   Morales, J M ^a   Moller J K ^a   Madsen, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Predictive distributions; Probabilistic forecast; Solar power; Stochastic differential equations

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR RADIATION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899493943     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.2267     Document Type: Article

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