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General correlations for estimating the monthly total and direct radiation incident on horizontal surfaces in Yunnan, China
Author(s) -
Wenxian Lin
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.4440130510
Subject(s) - environmental science , china , radiation , climatology , geography , meteorology , linear regression , atmospheric sciences , mathematics , statistics , geology , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics
Yunnan Province, China, has the climatic characteristic of evident dry and wet seasons in November to April and May to October, respectively. Utilizing the meteorological data of these two seasons and the observed solar radiation data in seven meteorological stations in Yunnan Province, the general correlations for estimating the monthly total and direct radiation incident on any horizontal surfaces in Yunnan Province are obtained by a linear regression technique, namelyAlthough these correlations are only applicable for estimating H and H b in areas of Yunnan Province, it is believed that if the number of stations is large enough the general correlations can be found, which can be applied to the estimation of H and H b in any area.