Eighteen radiation-based equations used to estimate reference evapotranspiration (ET<Subscript>ref</Subscript>) were generalized into seven linear models. The general models were calibrated using the standard FAO-56 Penman-Monteith method. Model performance was evaluated under humid, sub-humid and semi-arid...</subscript>

Snowmelt hydrology is an important part of hydrological analyses where significant proportion of precipitation is expected to fall in a snow form. Many models have long been introduced to enable the simulation of snowmelt processes in the watershed ranging from simple temperature based equations...

This paper reviews the potentials of photovoltaic system technology as a viable alternative to the 100% use of imported fossil fuel for electricity generation in Northern Cyprus. It presents an experimental investigation of two installed 100Wp photovoltaic systems design in block A building of...

The increasingly widespread use of CSP (concentrated solar power) plants to produce electricity has generated a constant search to improve and optimize final production. These plants are looking for new technologies and methodologies that offer significant, reliable strategies which can be...

Based on the linear relationship between solar radiation and sunshine duration, the Angstrom model is widely used to estimate solar radiation from routinely observed meteorological variables for energy exploitation. However, the relationship may have changed in quickly developing regions in the...

The accurate determination of the atmospheric turbidity is of great importance for atmospheric environment, solar energy applications and climate change studies. Daily values of horizontal direct, diffuse and global solar radiation at Wuhan, Central China during 1961–2010 are used for...

This paper studies the impact of weather variation on energy use by using 5-minutes interval weather–energy data obtained from two residential houses: house 1 is a conventional house with advanced efficiency features and house 2 is a net-zero solar house with relatively more advanced...

This paper aims at introducing a novel methodology to calculate the distribution of incoming solar energy on the internal surfaces of closed spaces with an opening at various orientations and placements. While the incoming diffuse solar radiation and the reflected solar radiation are as usually...

A simple method for correcting satellite-derived direct normal irradiance, with important deviations to the experimental data, is presented in this work and illustrated for the particular case of Rajasthan (India). Northwest India is expected to have a high level of solar radiation and it is an...

To meet a part of the buildings energy demands, the buildings’ exterior walls are proper places for installation of vertically mounting solar surfaces (VMSS). In this study, using long-term horizontal global solar radiation data and the Klein and Theilacke radiation model, the solar radiation...