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Preprint, Working Paper, Document sans référence, etc. |
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| Titre : |
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Classification of daily solar radiation distributions using a mixture of Dirichlet distributions. |
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| Auteur(s) : |
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Ted Soubdhan ( ) 1, Richard Emilion ( ) 2, Rudy Calif ( ) 1 |
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| Résumé : |
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In order to qualify the fluctuating nature of solar radiation under tropical climate, we classify daily distributions of the clearness index kt by estimating a finite mixture of Dirichlet distributions without assuming any parametric hypothesis on these daily distributions. The method is applied to solar radiation measurements performed in Guadeloupe (16°2 N, 61 W) where important fluctuations can be observed even within a short period of a few minutes. The results put in evidence four distinct classes of distributions corresponding to different types of days. The sequence of such classes can be of interest for prediction. |
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Anglais |
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| Mots Clés : |
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clearness index kt – daily distributions – Dirichlet mixture – classification – solar radiation – solar systems |
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05.10.-a;92.60.Vb;92.60.Wc |
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Aricle soumis à Solar Energy |
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