Evaluation of temperature-based global solar radiation models in China

Estimation of global solar radiation (Rs) from the daily range of air temperature (ΔT) offers an important alternative in the absence of measured Rs or sunshine duration because of the wide availability of air temperature data. In this paper, we assessed 16 Rs models including modified versions of the Bristow and Campbell (B–C) and the Hargreaves (Harg) models across a wide range of agro-ecological conditions in China. Using long-term data from...