IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v28y2003i3p487-497.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Contour maps for sunshine ratio for Oman using radial basis function generated data

Author

Listed:
  • Jervase, J.A
  • Al-Lawati, A
  • Dorvlo, A.S.S

Abstract

Contour maps for sunshine hours and sunshine ratios for Oman have been generated. The data to generate these maps were obtained using an RBF neural network model. This model estimates sunshine hours and ratios for a given point based on its latitude, longitude, altitude and month of the year. Data from 25 locations were used to plot the contour maps. These maps provide a needed reference for the spatial distribution of sunshine hours and sunshine ratios on a monthly basis for the whole of Oman from which estimates can be made for any location.

Suggested Citation

  • Jervase, J.A & Al-Lawati, A & Dorvlo, A.S.S, 2003. "Contour maps for sunshine ratio for Oman using radial basis function generated data," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 487-497.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:28:y:2003:i:3:p:487-497
    DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(02)00035-6
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148102000356
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/S0960-1481(02)00035-6?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Dorvlo, Atsu S.S. & Ampratwum, David B., 1998. "Summary climatic data for solar technology development in Oman," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 14(1), pages 255-262.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Siebert, Stefan & Nagieb, Maher & Buerkert, Andreas, 2007. "Climate and irrigation water use of a mountain oasis in northern Oman," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(1-2), pages 1-14, April.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Dorvlo, A.S.S & Ampratwum, D.B, 2002. "Wind energy potential for Oman," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 26(3), pages 333-338.
    2. Siebert, Stefan & Nagieb, Maher & Buerkert, Andreas, 2007. "Climate and irrigation water use of a mountain oasis in northern Oman," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 89(1-2), pages 1-14, April.
    3. Sulaiman, M.Yusof & Akaak, Ahmed Mohammed & Wahab, Mahdi Abd & Zakaria, Azmi & Sulaiman, Z.Abidin & Suradi, Jamil, 2002. "Wind characteristics of Oman," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 27(1), pages 35-46.
    4. Dorvlo, Atsu S. S. & Jervase, Joseph A. & Al-Lawati, Ali, 2002. "Solar radiation estimation using artificial neural networks," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 71(4), pages 307-319, April.
    5. Kwan, Calvin Lee, 2012. "Influence of local environmental, social, economic and political variables on the spatial distribution of residential solar PV arrays across the United States," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 332-344.
    6. Malik, A. & Al-Badi, A.H., 2009. "Economics of Wind turbine as an energy fuel saver – A case study for remote application in oman," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 34(10), pages 1573-1578.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:28:y:2003:i:3:p:487-497. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.