Aclimatological estimate of incident solar energy in Tamaulipas

Aclimatological estimate of incident solar energy in Tamaulipas

RenewableEnergy60(2013)293e301
Aclimatological estimate of incident solar energy in Tamaulipas, norteastern Mexico
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David Rivas , Salomón Saleme-Vila
Caballero-Briones
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,Rogelio Ortega-Izaguirre , Fabio Chalé-Lara
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Departamento de Oceanografía Biológica, CICESE. Carr. Ensenada-Tijuana # 3918, Zona Playitas, 22860
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Ensenada, Baja California, México Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Laboratorio de Materiales Fotovoltaicos,
CICATA-Altamira. Km14.5 Carretera Tampico-Puerto Industrial Altamira, 89600 Altamira, Tamaulipas,
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México Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciencias Oceánicas y Atmosféricas Aplicadas, CICATA-Altamira.
Km14.5CarreteraTampico-Puerto Industrial Altamira, 89600 Altamira, Tamaulipas, México
An estimation of climatological field sofincident solar energy in Tamaulipas State, northeastern Mexico, is
presented. Monthly me an evolution of solar energy in 7automatic meteorology call stations distributed along
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the State shows that the maximum values generally exceed 500200 Wm during fall-winter (NoveFeb), and
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700200 Wm during spring-summer(May e Aug). An empirical model, whichestimates the solar energy as
function of other climatic variables (minimum temperature, maximum temperature evaporation, and
precipitation) recorded in 165 climatological conventional stations, is used to extend the climatological solarenergy estimate in the study area. The me an values of both measured and estimated solar energy are
objectively mapped to fill the observation gaps and reduce the noise associated with in homogeneous statistic
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sand estimation errors. The highe stvalues of solar energy (w6:7 kWhm during the summer and w4:0k Whm
during the winter) are observed in the high lands, southwestern part of the State, where asthelow estvalues
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(w5:7k Whm during the summer and w2:8kWhm
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