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Table 5 Correlation coefficients of quadratic model for sunshine duration estimation from cloud fraction and statistical error tests of different stations of Zone 1

From: Estimation of solar radiation from cloud cover data of Bangladesh

Stations

Model

a

b

c

R 2

MPE

MBE

MARE

RMSE

t-stat

Teknaf

Regional

0.5364

0.269

0.1461

0.9848

1.7305

−0.0541

0.0498

0.2808

0.6511

Zone 1

0.4284

0.2462

0.2144

0.9309

−0.8473

0.2748

0.0902

0.5985

1.714

Countrywide

0.4548

0.1851

0.2385

0.9038

−0.8258

0.3196

0.1057

0.7064

1.6829

Cox’s Bazar

Regional

0.5329

0.2004

0.1405

0.9699

1.7093

−0.066

0.0506

0.3511

0.6356

Zone 1

0.4284

0.2462

0.2144

0.8405

−9.3925

0.707

0.1024

0.8083

5.9863

Countrywide

0.4548

0.1851

0.2385

0.8157

−9.4079

0.7441

0.1083

0.8688

5.5043

Kutubdia

Regional

0.4492

0.2499

0.1766

0.9644

1.4224

−0.0627

0.0413

0.3178

0.6684

Zone 1

0.4284

0.2462

0.2144

0.9325

−3.9831

0.3033

0.0557

0.4376

3.1897

Countrywide

0.4548

0.1851

0.2385

0.9141

−4.1987

0.3461

0.0656

0.4939

3.2588

Khepupara

Regional

0.6106

0.0349

0.3091

0.9505

−0.6233

0.0511

0.0467

0.3421

0.5018

Zone 1

0.4284

0.2462

0.2144

0.8192

9.3429

−0.5197

0.1019

0.654

4.341

Countrywide

0.4548

0.1851

0.2385

0.8447

9.2113

−0.4843

0.101

0.6061

4.4085

Hatiya

Regional

0.4143

0.2727

0.2178

0.9498

2.7677

−0.1187

0.0486

0.3709

1.1207

Zone 1

0.4284

0.2462

0.2144

0.9255

5.342

−0.2591

0.0653

0.4519

2.3214

Countrywide

0.4548

0.1851

0.2385

0.9168

5.1502

−0.219

0.0698

0.4777

1.7109

Chittagong

Regional

0.4498

0.1942

0.1918

0.9434

2.2874

−0.0931

0.0506

0.3805

0.8374

Zone 1

0.4284

0.2462

0.2144

0.8871

−5.8735

0.4022

0.0716

0.5374

3.7416

Countrywide

0.4548

0.1851

0.2385

0.8778

−5.9425

0.4325

0.0761

0.5591

4.0474

Sandwip

Regional

0.4353

0.1896

0.2485

0.899

4.823

−0.2205

0.0625

0.4491

1.8692

Zone 1

0.4284

0.2462

0.2144

0.8844

6.5565

−0.3583

0.0705

0.4803

3.7146

Countrywide

0.4548

0.1851

0.2385

0.8834

6.1214

−0.3089

0.0693

0.4824

2.7645

Rangamati

Regional

0.7043

−0.0151

0.267

0.9123

3.9047

−0.1673

0.0619

0.4377

1.3727

Zone 1

0.4284

0.2462

0.2144

0.8972

4.5865

−0.1984

0.0656

0.4738

1.5293

Countrywide

0.4548

0.1851

0.2385

0.883

4.5021

−0.1718

0.0716

0.5056

1.1982

Barisal

Regional

0.7141

−0.027

0.2435

0.9698

2.3692

−0.0989

0.044

0.2998

1.1589

Zone 1

0.4284

0.2462

0.2144

0.9454

−0.8815

0.1138

0.0506

0.4031

0.9764

Countrywide

0.4548

0.1851

0.2385

0.9391

−0.8889

0.1434

0.0543

0.4258

1.1867

Maijdee Court

Regional

0.7043

−0.0151

0.2670

0.8936

6.4040

−0.3615

0.0783

0.4995

3.4782

Zone 1

0.4284

0.2462

0.2144

0.8415

8.4215

−0.4696

0.0925

0.6098

4.0045

Countrywide

0.4548

0.1851

0.2385

0.8626

8.1031

−0.4228

0.0871

0.5678

3.6997

Jessore

Regional

0.4642

0.1610

0.2657

0.9292

2.6934

−0.1368

0.0480

0.3677

1.3294

Zone 1

0.4284

0.2462

0.2144

0.8339

6.6521

−0.4023

0.0730

0.5633

3.3839

Countrywide

0.4548

0.1851

0.2385

0.8684

6.3433

−0.3619

0.0709

0.5014

3.4590

Khulna

Regional

0.7043

−0.0151

0.2670

0.9109

5.9973

−0.2692

0.0712

0.4829

2.2271

Zone 1

0.4284

0.2462

0.2144

0.8764

7.1841

−0.3415

0.0859

0.5687

2.4906

Countrywide

0.4548

0.1851

0.2385

0.8722

6.7666

−0.2903

0.0857

0.5783

1.9253