Evaluation of global solar radiation models for Shanghai, China

Numerical methods to calculate solar radiation, validation through a new Graphic User Interface design

“…These latest have the advantage of generating solar radiation for various inclined surfaces which is essential to design photovoltaic conversion systems and sensors. The meteorological models are hereby the models of Angstrom [18][19][20], Garg [8,10,21] and Coppolino [8,13,22]. Through the new methodological framework that I propose, I could show and comment on advantages and limitations of each simulated model.…”

“…I attempt to provide some solutions which will allow comparing the alternatives, debating the projects and realizing the importance of a more rational use of energy. Indeed, many models ranging from the simple empirical relationships to the most complex and sophisticated computer codes have been undertaken by researchers [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Thus, to achieve this purpose, I am first intended to gather these methods which are in most cases separately presented in literature to bypass this major setback.…”

“…A set of models is offered in this study. They are meteorological models that are more appropriate to many measurement networks [8][9][10][11][12][13] facing suitable semi empirical methods consisting of the models of Lacis and Hansen [14], Atwater and Ball [15,16] and Lui and Jordon [17]. These latest have the advantage of generating solar radiation for various inclined surfaces which is essential to design photovoltaic conversion systems and sensors.…”

Estimating daily global solar radiation by day of the year in six cities located in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

“…Many models have been developed to estimate global solar radiation based on various meteorological and geographical parameters such as maximum and minimum air temperature, sunshine duration, cloud cover, relative humidity, vapor pressure and precipitation (Besharat et al, 2013;Li et al, 2010;Yao et al, 2014;Quej et al, 2016). In addition to predicting global solar radiation as accurately as possible, such empirical approaches should also have uncomplicated functional forms with limited and readily available inputs.…”

Evaluation of Global Solar Radiation Models for Inclined Surfaces

“…Angstrom [7] proposed first, a theoretical model for estimating global solar radiation based on sunshine duration. However, models of estimation based on the co-relationship of available parameters such as atmospheric temperature, relative humidity, extra terrestrial radiation have been developed recently [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. The main objective of this work is to compare five models namely: Liu & Jordan, Hay, Baltas, Klucher and Perez, which deal with some radiometric parameters and other geographic coordinates such as latitude, longitude and altitude of the site under study, for estimating the daily global solar radiation on an inclined surface.…”