Artificial Neural Network models for estimating daily solar global UV, PAR and broadband radiant fluxes in an eastern Mediterranean site

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 138-145

  Jacovides, C P ^a   Tymvios, F S ^b   Boland, J ^c   Tsitouri, M ^b  

^a Department of Environmental Physics Meteorology Athens University Campus ^*  (Greece)

^b Meteorological Service of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ANN models; Conventional regression models; Spectral PAR and UV solar radiant fluxes

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELS; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; GLOBAL UV; RADIANT FLUX; REGRESSION MODEL; SOLAR RADIANT FLUX;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FLUX MEASUREMENT; OZONE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84908370518     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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