Daytime net radiation parameterisation for Mexico City suburban areas

This study presents a simple parameterisation for forecasting daytime net radiation in a Mexico City suburban area (Texcoco). The main characteristic of the parameterisation is that the only input data are the global solar radiation and air temperature trends. Reliability of the model was verified by measurements performed during two experimental campaigns carried out in 1992 and 1993 under a contract sponsored by the European Community. The forecast and the experimental data were found to agree very well even in disturbed meteorological situations.