A new stochastic model for simulating daily solar radiation from sunshine hours

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1090-1106

  Lockart, Natalie ^a   Kavetski, Dmitri ^b   Franks, Stewart W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Solar radiation; Stochastic model; Sunshine hours

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ERRORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLAR RADIATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANGSTROM PRESCOTT EQUATION; DAILY SOLAR RADIATIONS; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTY; PROBABILISTIC SIMULATION; SIMULATED RADIATION; SUNSHINE HOUR; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR RADIATION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84928563745     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4041     Document Type: Article

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