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Monthly averaged-hourly solar diffuse radiation model for the UK
  Monthly-averaged daily global irradiation data are now easily available from NASA website. Using established models it is then possible to decompose the daily to averaged-hourly global irradiation. The missing link so far has been hourly averaged diffuse irradiation. In this article data was pooled from 10 UK locations to obtain a regression model to complete the above missing link. It was presently shown that the averaged-data regressions are distinctly different from previously available hour-by-hour regressions.

Practical application : The present work has explored a correlation between averaged-hourly diffuse and global irradiation using the diffuse ratio–clearness index envelope. Results show that a strong regression relationship is thus obtainable. The present work has therefore the potential for other similar research that may be followed up in a likewise manner.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    12 February 2014

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Sage

  • DOI:

    10.1177/0143624414522639

  • ISSN:

    0143-6244

  • Library of Congress:

    TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    621.47 Solar-energy enineering

  • Funders:

    Historic Funder (pre-Worktribe)

Citation

Muneer, T., Etxebarria, S., & Gago, E. (2014). Monthly averaged-hourly solar diffuse radiation model for the UK. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 35(6), 573-584. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624414522639

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Keywords

Solar radiation, averaged-hourly diffuse fraction, clearness index, solar diffuse radiation model

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