Error assessment of grid-based direct solar radiation models

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1782-1806

  Zhang, Shuhua ^a,b   Li, Xingong ^a,c   Chen, Yaning ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

artificial surfaces; Kumar s model; Solar Analyst

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84941802455     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2015.1055273     Document Type: Article

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