Research Article

A Comparative Study of Some Regression Models to Estimate the Global Solar Radiation on a Horizontal Surface from Sunshine Duration and Meteorological Parameters for Ghardaïa Site, Algeria

Table 6

Comparison between measured and estimated monthly global solar radiation (Wh/m2).

MeasuredLinear (%)Quadratic (%)Logarithmic (%)Exponential (%)

January38713879.75−0.2263924.54−1.3834054.48−4.743812.381.514
February48424768.921.5094746.431.9745229.17−7.9964693.993.057
March59265836.641.5085863.691.0516176.79−4.2325735.383.217
April73397346.01−0.0967393.31−0.747779.2−5.9987261.091.062
May77457745.06−0.0017809.96−0.8398203.51−5.927617.161.651
June78127826.41−0.1847930.14−1.5128239.29−5.477699.281.443
July75037492.630.1387484.430.2487985.6−6.4327437.930.867
August70907224.91−1.9037377.84−4.067576.91−6.8687191.04−1.425
September60366024.210.1956054.37−0.3046371.7−5.5625898.472.278
October48244821.020.0624869.69−0.9475128.76−6.3184737.961.784
November40304026.130.0963978.21.2854224.29−4.8213963.041.662
December34373427.060.2893626.54−5.5153728.76−8.4893349.422.548