Stochastic models for sunshine duration and solar irradiation

dc.contributor.author	Jain, P.K.
dc.contributor.author	Lungu, E.M.
dc.date.accessioned	2008-07-02T06:40:11Z
dc.date.available	2008-07-02T06:40:11Z
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.identifier.citation	Jain, P.K. & Lungu, E.M. (2002) Stochastic models for sunshine duration and solar irradiation, Renewable Energy, Vol. 27, Issue 2, pp. 197-209	en
dc.identifier.issn	09601481
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10311/138
dc.description.abstract	Abstract Harmonic analysis of sunshine duration and solar irradiation measured at Sebele, Botswana is carried out. The data used consists of the monthly averages and the Julian-days averages of sunshine duration and solar irradiation sequences. This study involves splitting the time series into deterministic and stochastic components, and determining the proportion of the variance explained by each component. The stochastic component is analyzed for persistence using the Box and Jenkins technique. It is found that the stochastic component for monthly averages solar radiation series is best described by the second-order autoregressive Markov process, while that for Julian-days averages series has no memory.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier Science Ltd: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/969/description#description	en
dc.subject	Sunshine duration	en
dc.subject	Solar irradiation	en
dc.title	Stochastic models for sunshine duration and solar irradiation	en
dc.type	Article	en