Comparative Analysis of Global Solar Radiation Models in Different Regions of China

Table 1

The geographical locations of each radiation station and its annual mean meteorological parameters.

Subzones	WMO number	Station	Latitude; (°N)	Longitude; (°E)	Altitude; (m)	(°C)	(°C)	(h)	RH; (%)	(MJ m^−2 d^−1)
North China	54511	Beijing	39.8	116.5	31.3	18.5	8.4	6.7	53.4	13.5
	54539	Laoting	39.4	118.9	10.5	17.0	7.4	6.6	64.1	13.9
	53772	Taiyuan	37.8	112.6	778.3	17.8	5.3	6.7	55.8	13.6
Central China	57494	Wuhan	30.6	114.1	23.1	22.0	14.2	5.0	74.2	11.7
	57687	Changsha	28.2	112.9	68.0	22.2	15.0	4.3	76.0	10.8
	57083	Zhengzhou	34.7	113.7	110.4	21.2	10.8	5.1	61.2	12.8
East China	54823	Jinan	36.6	117.1	170.3	19.8	10.8	6.0	56.7	13.2
	58606	Nanchang	28.6	115.9	46.9	22.4	15.5	5.0	74.0	12.1
	58362	Shanghai	31.4	121.5	5.5	20.8	14.3	4.8	72.6	12.5
South China	59287	Guangzhou	23.2	113.3	41.0	26.9	19.3	4.3	74.8	11.7
	59758	Haikou	20.0	110.3	63.5	28.4	22.1	5.0	81.5	14.1
	59431	Nanning	22.6	108.2	121.6	26.5	18.5	4.1	78.8	12.4
Northeast China	50953	Harbin	45.8	126.8	142.3	10.7	0.2	6.3	63.6	12.9
	54342	Shenyang	41.7	123.5	49.0	14.4	3.2	6.5	63.9	13.4
	54161	Changchun	43.9	125.2	236.8	11.7	1.7	7.0	60.8	13.4
Northwest China	51463	Urumqi	43.8	87.7	935.0	13.2	3.7	7.3	56.2	14.1
	57036	Hsian	34.3	108.9	397.5	20.1	10.6	4.7	64.0	12.0
	52866	Xining	36.7	101.8	2295.2	14.5	−0.4	6.9	58.2	15.6
Southwest China	56294	Chengdu	30.7	104.0	506.1	20.9	13.6	2.6	77.7	9.3
	56778	Kunming	25.0	102.7	1886.5	21.8	11.8	6.0	68.3	15.4
	55591	Lasa	29.7	91.1	3648.9	16.8	3.1	8.2	40.3	20.4