Research Article

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

Table 3

Statistics performances of the 12 models in estimating global solar radiation in North China.

StationsEvaluation indexAPOGJinBALOGMEMAHDLHSANBC

Beijing
RMSE
RRMSE
NS
MAE2.986

Laoting
RMSE
RRMSE
NS
MAE2.665

Taiyuan
RMSE
RRMSE
NS
MAE3.370

Average
RMSE
RRMSE
NS
MAE
GPI
Rank10

Note. , NS, and GPI are dimensionless; RRMSE is a percentage (%); RMSE and MAE are both in MJ m−1 d−1; means a statistically significant correlation () (the same as shown in Tables 49).