Research Article

Development of New Models for the Estimation of Hourly Components of Solar Radiation: Tests, Comparisons, and Application for the Generation of a Solar Database in Morocco

Table 3

The locations of the Moroccan sites [42].

Measuring stationLatitude (°)Longitude (°)Measuring stationLatitude (°)Longitude (°)

Agadir30.38-9.57Midelt32.68-4.73
Al Hoceima35.18-3.83Nador35.15-2.92
Beni-Mellal32.37-6.4Nousar33.37-7.57
Bouarfa32.52-1.95Ouarzazate30.93-6.9
Casa33.57-7.67Oujda34.78-1.93
Dakhla23.77-15.93Errachidia31.93-4.4
El Jadida33.23-8.52Safi32.28-9.23
Essaouira31.52-9.78Sidi Ifni29.37-10.18
Irfan33.5-5.17Sidi Sliman34.23-6.05
Kenitra34.3-6.6Tangier35.72-5.75
Laayoun27.17-13.22Tantan28.6-11.08
Larache35.18-6.13Taza34.22-4
Marrakech31.62-8.03Tetouan35.57-5.33
Meknes33.88-5.53Rabat34-6.83
Fez33.9-5