Abstract
We present a comparison between models developed by the present authors and 16 other models for different geographical and varied meteorological conditions. The comparisons are made using the mean bias error (MBE), root mean square error (RMSE), mean percentage error (MPE), and mean absolute bias error (MABE). These errors are calculated using monthly-mean, measured daily and estimated values of total solar radiation for 41 locations in Saudi Arabia. We find that our latitude, longitude, altitude, and sunshine-duration-dependent model given in Eq. (1) produced the best estimates for global solar radiation. The second- and third-best estimates were obtained from our linear model and other models given in Eq. (2) and Eq. (11), respectively.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1077-1082 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Energy |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1998 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors wish to acknowledge support from the Research Institute of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Building and Construction
- Modeling and Simulation
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Fuel Technology
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Pollution
- General Energy
- Mechanical Engineering
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering