Mapping of the solar irradiance in the UAE using advanced artificial neural network ensemble

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3668-3680

  Alobaidi, Mohammad H ^a   Marpu, Prashanth R ^a   Ouarda, Taha B M J ^a   Ghedira, Hosni ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

neural network applications; Neural networks; remote sensing; satellites; solar energy; solar radiation

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK ENSEMBLES; NEURAL NETWORK APPLICATION; SOLAR IRRADIANCES;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; IRRADIANCE; MAPPING; METEOSAT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEVIRI; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84907936502     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2331255     Document Type: Article

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