Correlations for estimation of daily global solar radiation with hours of bright sunshine in Turkey

Bakirci K.

ENERGY, cilt.34, sa.4, ss.485-501, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.02.005
  • Dergi Adı: ENERGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.485-501
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Solar energy, Global solar radiation, Empirical models, Correlation, Turkey, MODELS, COEFFICIENTS, DIFFUSE, IRRADIANCE, DURATION, CLEAR
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, seven different empirical equations are employed to estimate the monthly average daily global solar radiation on a horizontal surface for provinces in the different regions of Turkey, using only the relative duration of sunshine. Daily global solar radiation and sunshine measurement data collected for the provinces of Turkey are obtained from the Turkish State Meteorological Service. The regression constants of the new models developed in this study are found for the provinces of Turkey, as well as that of some models given in the literature. In order to indicate the performance of (lie models, the statistical test methods of the mean bias error (MBE), mean absolute bias error (MABE), mean relative error (MRE), root mean square error (RMSE) and correlation coefficient (r) are used. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.