Title: Correlation Between Sunshine Hours and Global Solar Radiation in Warri, Nigeria.
Abstract:A correlation equation of the Angstrom type has been developed to predict the monthly mean daily global solar radiation incident on a horizontal surface in Warri, Nigeria: 0 0.29 0.42 n H =+ HN , wher...A correlation equation of the Angstrom type has been developed to predict the monthly mean daily global solar radiation incident on a horizontal surface in Warri, Nigeria: 0 0.29 0.42 n H =+ HN , where O H is the monthly mean extraterrestrial solar radiation, n is the monthly mean daily number of hours of bright sunshine, and N is the maximum possible monthly mean daily sunshine. Measurements of global solar radiation have been compared with those predicted using the equation. A good agreement was observed between the measured values and the predicted ones. The maximum and minimum values of the monthly mean daily global solar radiation on a horizontal surface are 15.98MJm -2 day -1 and 12.19MJm -2 day -1 , respectively. The model could be employed in estimating global solar radiation of location that has the same geographical location information as Warri.Read More
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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