Artículo
Accurate total solar irradiance estimates under irradiance measurements scarcity scenarios
Fecha de publicación:
09/2019
Editorial:
Springer
Revista:
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
ISSN:
0167-6369
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Inglés
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Resumen
Accurate estimates of total global solar irradiance reaching the Earth’s surface are relevant since routine measurements are not always available. This work aimed to determine which of the models used to estimate daily total global solar irradiance (TGSI) is the best model when irradiance measurements are scarce in a given site. A model based on an artificial neural network (ANN) and empirical models based on temperature and sunshine measurements were analyzed and evaluated in Córdoba, Argentina. The performance of the models was benchmarked using different statistical estimators such as the mean bias error (MBE), the mean absolute bias error (MABE), the correlation coefficient (r), the Nash-Sutcliffe equation (NSE), and the statistics t test (t value). The results showed that when enough measurements were available, both the ANN and the empirical models accurately predicted TGSI (with MBE and MABE ≤ |0.11| and ≤ |1.98| kWh m−2 day−1, respectively; NSE ≥ 0.83; r ≥ 0.95; and |t values| < t critical value). However, when few TGSI measurements were available (2, 3, 5, 7, or 10 days per month) only the ANN-based method was accurate (|t value| < t critical value), yielding precise results although only 2 measurements per month were available for 1 year. This model has an important advantage over the empirical models and is very relevant to Argentina due to the scarcity of TGSI measurements.
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Articulos de INST.DE FISICA ENRIQUE GAVIOLA
Articulos de INST.DE FISICA ENRIQUE GAVIOLA
Articulos(INFIQC)
Articulos de INST.DE INVESTIGACIONES EN FISICO- QUIMICA DE CORDOBA
Articulos de INST.DE INVESTIGACIONES EN FISICO- QUIMICA DE CORDOBA
Citación
Lopez, Maria Laura; Olcese, Luis Eduardo; Palancar, Gustavo Gerardo; Toselli, Beatriz Margarita; Accurate total solar irradiance estimates under irradiance measurements scarcity scenarios; Springer; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; 191; 9; 9-2019; 1-17; 568
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