Estimation of daily global solar radiation as a function of routine meteorological data in Mediterranean areas

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 479-488

  Meza, Francisco Javier ^a   Yebra, María Lorenzo ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEMIARID REGION; SOLAR RADIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84930532148     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-015-1519-6     Document Type: Article

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