Forecasting short-term solar irradiance based on artificial neural networks and data from neighboring meteorological stations

Solar Energy

Volumn 134, Issue , 2016, Pages 119-131

  Gutierrez Corea, Federico Vladimir ^a,b   Manso Callejo, Miguel Angel ^a   Moreno Regidor, Maria Pilar ^a   Manrique Sancho, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Artificial Neural Networks; Forecasting; Global Solar Irradiance; Neighboring meteorological stations

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANN MODELS; ERROR RATE; GLOBAL SOLAR IRRADIANCES; HIGHER DIMENSIONS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; SHORT TERM; SHORT TERM PREDICTION; SOLAR IRRADIANCES;

FORECASTING;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; IRRADIANCE; PREDICTION; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84964989551     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2016.04.020     Document Type: Article

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