RESEARCH ON APPLICABILITY OF CLEAR-SKY MODELS IN NORTHERN CHINA&#x02014;TAKING SOME REGIONS IN HEBEI AND GANSU AS EXAMPLES

Liu Xiao; Yang Liwei; Hua Jiajia; Gao Xiaoqing; Jia Dongyu

doi:10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2021-1189

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Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3) : 1-7. DOI: 10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2021-1189

RESEARCH ON APPLICABILITY OF CLEAR-SKY MODELS IN NORTHERN CHINA—TAKING SOME REGIONS IN HEBEI AND GANSU AS EXAMPLES

Liu Xiao^1,2, Yang Liwei³, Hua Jiajia⁴, Gao Xiaoqing³, Jia Dongyu⁵

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In order to study the applicability of clear-sky models in northern China, this study uses 1-minute global horizontal solar irradiance and MERRA-2 reanalysis data from seven stations in Northern China, selects the Reno method to filter clear-sky periods, evaluates the performance of seven clear-sky models by eleven statistics, and adopts the principal component analysis method to rank the models. The results, ranked in descending order (from high to low) are as follows: MAC2, REST2V5, BIRD, INEICHEN, IQBAL-C, sSOLIS, ESRA. The MAC2 and REST2V5 models have high accuracy in calculating solar radiation in clear sky and have good applicability in northern regions.

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global horizontal irradiance / clear-sky model / MERRA-2 reanalysis / Northern China

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Liu Xiao, Yang Liwei, Hua Jiajia, Gao Xiaoqing, Jia Dongyu. RESEARCH ON APPLICABILITY OF CLEAR-SKY MODELS IN NORTHERN CHINA—TAKING SOME REGIONS IN HEBEI AND GANSU AS EXAMPLES[J]. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica. 2023, 44(3): 1-7 https://doi.org/10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2021-1189

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