Review Article

A Review of Solar Radiation Models—Part I

Table 1

Regression coefficients of sixth order polynomial (57) for different cities of India.

City

Trivandrum −14.2 202.1 −1103.2 3075.6 −4645.1 3626 −1148.8
Kodaikanal 3.3 −54.9 391.6 −1379.2 2579.4 −2439.1 914.9
Madras −57.9 607.9 −2594.1 5803.9 −7179.9 4659.6 −1240.3
Goa/Panji−5.9 99.6 −591.9 1725.5 −2637.4 2031 −621.6
Vishakhapatnam 3.2 −31.6 132.4 −260.3 258.1 −121.6 20.6
Pune 7.5 −126.5 830.6 −2587.1 4131.4 −3270.5 1017.9
Mumbai −0.6 17.1 −107.6 336 −543.7 437.4 −138.3
Nagpur 8.7 −126.8 744.1 −2175.1 3376.3 −2660.9 838.3
Bhaunagar 4.5 −72.3 460.6 −1403.9 2217.9 −1748.3 542.9
Ahmedabad −40.7 557 −2913.5 7548.4 −10314.9 7127 −1963.6
Kolkata 120.2 −1615.5 8855.7 −25284.5 39698.8 −32525 10871.3
Shilong 4.41 −93.3 786.7 −3160.2 6534.3 −6692.6 2685.3
Jodhpur −9548.5 83762.7 −304722 588492.5 −636355 36533.9 −86994.9
Kanpur −4403.9 45088.2 −188221.5 411457.7 −497959 316921.4 −82990.2
Lucknow −788 6597.75 −22837.6 41857.6 −42847.4 23230.5 −5212.8
New Delhi −6326.6 66694.4 −290381.6 668728.9 −859459.2 584685.8 −164539.1