Sunshine duration is an important atmospheric indicator used in many agricultural,
architectural, and solar energy applications (photovoltaics, thermal systems, and passive …

Global solar radiation is the driving force in hydrological cycle especially for
evapotranspiration (ET) and is quite infrequently measured. This has led to the reliance on …

The apparent sustainability of the millennia-old mountain oases of northern Oman has
recently received considerable attention. However, little is known about crop growth and …

Sunshine duration is an important indicator of the amount of solar radiation received in a
region and an important input parameter for the study of atmospheric energy balance …

This paper introduces an artificial neural network (ANN) approach for estimating monthly
mean daily values of global sunshine duration (SD) for Turkey. Three different ANN models …

A hybrid technique for solar radiation estimation, a core part of hydrological cycle, is
presented in this study which parameterises the cloud cover effect (cloud cover index) not …

In this research a simple model was proposed for the estimation of daily global sunshine
duration and constructing spatially continous sunshine duration map from meteorological …

This paper presents an improved model for global sunshine duration estimation. The
methodology incorporates geostationary satellite images by including snow cover …

The paper assesses the strengths and weaknesses of renewable energy (RE) initiatives in
Oman. The principal analytical tool is strategic niche management, an approach rooted in …