 Estimation of global solar radiation in arid and semi-arid climates of East and West IranAli A. Sabziparvar and H. Shetaee Energy, 2007, vol. 32, issue 5, 649-655 Abstract: In Iran, most of the models used so far, have provided solar estimation for a few specific locations based on the short-term solar observations. Using different radiation models, (e.g. Sabbagh, Paltridge–Proctor, Daneshyar) and various input parameters (e.g. cloud cover, sunshine duration, relative humidity, temperature, and altitude) we developed a general height-depended formula for the prediction of the direct and diffuse monthly average daily solar radiation for 64 mountainous arid and semi-arid locations in West and East Iran. The models mentioned are modified and new coefficients are defined for the diffuse component based on the long-term observed diffuse data. Model results are validated against up to 13-year daily solar observations at 10 solar radiation sites. In comparison with the previous studies, the newly developed method performs more accurate estimation (less than 3% MPE error) in the arid and semi-arid regions. Comparison of the model results indicates that calibration of the coefficients made to the diffuse formula against the longer period experimental data can improve the estimations of global solar radiation. Keywords: Global solar radiation; Model estimation; Arid and semi-arid climates; Iran (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:32:y:2007:i:5:p:649-655 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2006.05.005 Access Statistics for this article Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser More articles in Energy from Elsevier |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.