Calculations of all the factors affecting the solar radiation from the atmosphere to the earth; creates a huge workload and the results cannot be obtained with sufficient accuracy. Therefore calculating the solar radiation coming to the earth models have been developed. In this study, the models for the prediction of solar radiation for Mersin city were evaluated using measured solar radiation data. Statistical aspects compliance of studied models were tested and validated which models the closest predicting to measured value.
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