Missing data imputation of solar radiation data under different atmospheric conditions

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 20382-20399

  Turrado, Concepción Crespo ^a   López, María del Carmen Meizoso ^b   Lasheras, Fernando Sánchez ^a   Gómez, Benigno Antonio Rodríguez ^b   Rollé, José Luis Calvo ^b   Juez, Francisco Javier de Cos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Missing data imputation; Multiple linear regression; Multivariate imputation by chained equations (MICE); ; Pyranometer; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

LINEAR REGRESSION; MAMMALS; SUN;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; INVERSE DISTANCE WEIGHTING; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MISSING DATA IMPUTATIONS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; MULTIVARIATE IMPUTATION BY CHAINED EQUATIONS (MICE); PYRANOMETERS; SOLAR RADIATION SENSORS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84908544474     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s141120382     Document Type: Article

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