RT Journal Article T1 Modelling and prediction of monthly global irradiation using different prediction models A1 Martinez Castillo, Cecilia A1 Astray Dopazo, Gonzalo A1 Mejuto Fernández, Juan Carlos K1 1203.04 Inteligencia Artificial K1 2106.01 Energía Solar K1 2502 Climatología AB Different prediction models (multiple linear regression, vector support machines, artificial neural networks and random forests) are applied to model the monthly global irradiation (MGI) from different input variables (latitude, longitude and altitude of meteorological station, month, average temperatures, among others) of different areas of Galicia (Spain). The models were trained, validated and queried using data from three stations, and each best model was checked in two independent stations. The results obtained confirmed that the best methodology is the ANN model which presents the lowest RMSE value in the validation and querying phases 1226 kJ/(m2∙day) and 1136 kJ/(m2∙day), respectively, and predict conveniently for independent stations, 2013 kJ/(m2∙day) and 2094 kJ/(m2∙day), respectively. Given the good results obtained, it is convenient to continue with the design of artificial neural networks applied to the analysis of monthly global irradiation. PB Energies SN 19961073 YR 2021 FD 2021-04-20 LK http://hdl.handle.net/11093/2136 UL http://hdl.handle.net/11093/2136 LA eng NO Energies, 14(8): 2332 (2021) NO Universidade de Vigo DS Investigo RD 14-sep-2024