Association of Agrometeorologists

Empirical relationship of sixth order to estimate global solar radiation from hours of sunshine

V. K. KATIYAR, A. K. KATIYAR and S.K.SRIVASTAVA

A new set of constants based on sixth order polynomials fitting of measured data of sixteen Indian cities has been found to estimate the monthly mean global radiation on a horizontal surface. These constants provide good estimates of monthly mean global radiation on a horizontal surface with a maximum deviation of 8%. A comparison of the present result with the other models shows that the new constants yield more accurate results.

Monthly mean global solar radiation, Sunshine hours, Percentage estimation