Validating nine clear sky radiation models in Australia

Solar Energy

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-24

  Engerer, N A ^a,b   Mills, F P ^a,c,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Center for Extrasolar Planetary Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear sky; Modeling; Radiation; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; HEAT RADIATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MODELS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION;

BUREAU OF METEOROLOGIES; CLEAR SKY; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; HEATING AND COOLING OF BUILDINGS; MEASURING EQUIPMENTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SOLAR RADIATION MODEL;

RADIATION;

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; CLEAR SKY; DETECTION METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; ZENITH ANGLE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84928565159     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.06.044     Document Type: Article

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