Coelho, João PauloCunha, José BoaventuraOliveira, Paulo de Moura2010-11-092010-11-092001Coelho, João; Cunha, José; Oliveira, Paulo (2001). Previsão da carga térmica solar em estufas. In 3as Jornadas do ICETA. Vila Realhttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/2764Modern greenhouse climate controllers are based on models to simulated and predict greenhouse environment behavior. These models must be able to describe indoor climate process dynamics, which is a function of both the control actions taken, and outside climate. In this paper solar radiation prediction methods are presented in order to establish beforehand the solar heat load in a greenhouseporconference object