Estimates of clear-sky solar irradiances over Nigeria

摘要

This study attempts to circumvent the problem of paucity of input data required in climatology mapping of clear-sky solar irradiance in Nigeria by computing beam normal (E-bn) and diffuse (E-d) irradiances using a high performance broadband radiative model in the country climate zones. Air temperature, relative humidity and global datasets of ozone thickness and angstrom turbidity were used as input parameters.