Development of a Model for Ground Measured and Satellite-Derived GSR Data

Abstract

The precise knowledge about the solar radiation falling on a surface per unit time is prerequisite for effective design and application of solar technology. Acquiring Global Solar Radiation factors such as insufficient funding, lack of skilled personnel and poor maintenance culture. Ground the possible ways of obtaining GSR data, but satellite interest. The research therefore is aimed at esta from the available satellite measured GSR using regression analysis. From results, the two data sources showed good agreement with a regression plot of 80%. The performance of the mode MBE of 0.0217 and a MSE of 0.2522 were recorded. Hence, the developed model can be adopted for regions that have similar climatic condition as the study area to predict the desired solar insolation fro