Review and statistical analysis of different global solar radiation sunshine models

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 1869-1880

  Despotovic, Milan ^a   Nedic, Vladimir ^a   Despotovic, Danijela ^a   Cvetanovic, Slobodan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Global solar radiation; Model comparison; Solar energy; Solar radiation models

Indexed keywords

SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION; SOLAR RADIATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EMPIRICAL MODEL; ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION DATA; MODELS COMPARISONS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMAL SELECTION; SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSIONS; SOLAR RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR RADIATION MODEL;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84940912723     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.08.035     Document Type: Review

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